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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: An Ada Advice Inquiry
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Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 14:45:56 +0200
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John McCormick writes:
> My state school, the University of Northern Iowa, has just decided
> to drop Java and return to Ada in the first year courses.  The
> faculty nearly unanamously agreed that our students learned more
> about computer science with Ada than Java.  It is not unusual for a
> school to drop a language, it is unusual to return to something that
> worked rather than move on to the latest fad.

I'm really happy to learn this.  I presume you've been quite
instrumental in bringing common sense to a faculty in dire need of it.
Congratulations!

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Ludovic Brenta.