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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: ADA made me hate programming
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:07 -0700 (PDT)
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mahdert wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> When I first started my undergraduate studies as a computer science
> major, I was forced to use ADA in an introductory course.. Mind you I
> was already familiar with C++ at that time..but after dealing with ADA
> and compilet time errors for about a year, I decided to change my
> major to mech eng..
>
> Now, after many years, I started to revisit ADA and I seem to catch on
> to it.. but I feel (i know) its mostly due to my own experience and
> maturity level..
>
> So, I have to ask your opinion.. DO you think that the push for
> universities to use ADA is a big conspiracy among academicians to kill
> the passion of comp. sci in young students who would like to become
> software engineers???? I do not see any other reason why..

Sloppy programmers avoid Ada, therefore Ada helps avoid sloppy
programmers.

The fact that you mention your own maturity in your post says a lot.

--
Ludovic Brenta.