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On 15/10/2012 15:13, in article
b40dd3a7-c09d-465f-9e12-2d37fb57dcd0@googlegroups.com, "montezf@gmail.com"
<montezf@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not saying that your Ada instructional wouldn't have been successful, but
> given the nature of introductory courses, which tend to have an effect of
> weeding out people who may have chosen the wrong field of study.  It would
> seem as if that would be enough of a reason for the masses who've been exposed
> to Ada, just not like it, barring the benefits of the language.  Now, a good
> instructor who knows the language could certainly make all of that disappear
> but that may not always be the case.

If they have been "weeded out", why would their opinion be of any interest?

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