From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7bcba1db9ed24fa7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-08 18:40:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!news.cid.net!news.enyo.de!news1.enyo.de!not-for-mail From: Florian Weimer Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: is ada dead? Date: 09 Jul 2001 03:44:33 +0200 Organization: Enyo's not your organization Message-ID: <877kxianb2.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> References: <3B460DA9.C2965042@ix.netcom.com> <9ff447f2.0107061757.34ca0723@posting.google.com> <3b47806a_4@news3.prserv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9649 Date: 2001-07-09T03:44:33+02:00 List-Id: "Andrzej Lewandowski" writes: >> In universities (Malaysian, Ok?), programming languages are taught not >> because of teching the students of programming concepts, but for the >> sake of market requirement. That's the most pathetic and irresponsible >> decision. > This decision was not irresponsible and pathetic. There is a job > market for Ada programmers, but very (VERY) small compared to say, > C++, Java, VB or COBOL. Students invest quite substantial amount of > money to get a degree, and yes, they expect that this investment > will bring some return. I would expect that anyone with a CS degree can learn programming in any language in a few weeks. Learning programming languages is easy, and absorbing the local conventions and rules of a large project is probably much more time consuming.