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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham 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: 2003-01-08 11:47:56 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!lnsnews.lns.cornell.edu!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!news.stealth.net!news.stealth.net!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!newsfep1-gui.server.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212 X-Accept-Language: en, en-us 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$c6.2612@bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com> <8ivo1vo5ir3piqsck4ondj0cuo47g426kf@4ax.com> <9gMS9.483613$GR5.189928@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Inktomi-Trace: pc2-bbrg1-4-cust136.renf.cable.ntl.com 1042055274 17071 80.4.70.136 (8 Jan 2003 19:47:54 GMT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 19:48:39 +0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.1.224.5 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: newsfep1-gui.server.ntli.net 1042055274 80.1.224.5 (Wed, 08 Jan 2003 19:47:54 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 19:47:54 GMT Organization: ntl News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32764 Date: 2003-01-08T19:48:39+00:00 List-Id: Wes Groleau wrote: > > I haven't yet read that one. A week or so back, > someone posted a similar link in which Dijkstra > said that derived types and subtypes was a stupid > idea. (And similar comments about other features.) Why do people place so much value on what Dijkstra said? Of course I know who he was and of his many contributions, but I don't understand the facination some have with what he wrote on Ada (or other languages), especially since much of it seems like just his opinions (and like the opinions of others are not subject to objectivity but personal preference). Chris -- for personal replies change spamoff to chris