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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,26c98aaeafe861d2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-04-01 13:37:55 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!yale.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!newshub.nosc.mil!nosc!dale!jhb From: jhb@dale.cts.com (John Bollenbacher) Subject: Re: Is General Kind the harbinger of doom for the Mandate? Message-ID: Sender: news@dale.cts.com (USENET News Account) Organization: Titan Linkabit Corporation X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5 References: <19930331.054448.56@almaden.ibm.com> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1993 19:48:38 GMT Date: 1993-04-01T19:48:38+00:00 List-Id: jnestoriak@vnet.IBM.COM wrote: : ... Anyone : who graduates from a decent University with a degree in Computer : Science who can't learn a new programming language in less than a : month must have slept through too many classes. Well, I had been a professional programmer for 7 years (Algol, FORTRAN, C, PL/M...) before immersing myself in Ada and it was probably a year before I felt that I was no longer learning important aspects of the language (a year very well spent I might add). I consider myself reasonably bright so I have no difficulty acceptying the claim that there is a shortage of well-trained Ada engineers. Actually, I'm ambivalent about the condition ;). : : ******************************************************************** : * These opinions are mine only. John Nestoriak * : ******************************************************************** -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - John Bollenbacher jhb@dale.cts.com - - Titan Linkabit Corp. (619) 552-9963 - - 3033 Science Park Rd. - - San Diego, Ca. 92121 - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------