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From: Faisal Halim <faisal_halim@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Beginner's Language?
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 20:12:21 +0400
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Date: 2001-05-04T20:12:21+04:00
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Assalaamu 'alaikum,

I would like to know if ADA is a good first language for a beginner, 
especially when compared to Lisp and Perl, and BASIC.

Despite my 'O' Level qualification in Computers, please assume you are 
answering a person totally devoid of computer concepts, as I would find 
such  replies useful when answering queries from 7th grade students who are 
interested in computers and programming, but have no idea of which language 
to use.

Thank you all in advance for your feedback and co-operation.

Faisal Halim
4th May, 2001