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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3885b7fd66a1db28 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-23 13:30:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.infoave.net!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!cyclone.swbell.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: wesgroleau@despammed.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 X-Accept-Language: en,es-MX,es,pt,fr-CA,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why is Ada NOT a good choice for a beginner to programming? References: <15FN9.2313$c6.2612@bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 16:30:10 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.133.155 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1040679010 151.168.133.155 (Mon, 23 Dec 2002 15:30:10 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 15:30:10 CST Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32258 Date: 2002-12-23T16:30:10-05:00 List-Id: >> > He professes to be a beginner, and yet he has enough >> > insight to see that C, C++, and Java invite "buggy >> > frustration" :-) >> >>Yes, I sensed a touch of fishing in the OP hence the >>"antisocial" comments. > Mom used to say, "If you can't say anything nice..." "If you ain't got nuttin to say, don't say nuttin at all" (My son's rephrasing of that proverb) > I said I was a beginner to programming; I didn't say I was brain dead or > illiterate. It doesn't take Mensa affiliate to read the C, C++, Java > newsgroups and see that beginners are soon befuddled by non-intuitive > syntactical clutter and compiler catastrophes. I did not mean to imply you aren't a beginner. I was just hinting that you apparently know more than some folks assumed you know. > possessed of a generous spirit. Read and learn boys since I assume from > your tone that you both must be about 15 years old. I haven't a clue of sk's age. _I_ am pushing fifty. As for "spirit" - well, I am generally fairly helpful, however, I also have a "talent" for offending folks without intending to. (But nobody noticed, right?) I guess the problem is "beginner" means different things to different people.