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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4d4a46ae26845fef X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-23 05:19:46 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!ncar!news.miami.edu!cybernet!news From: cyric@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Neal Rigney) Subject: Re: Ada as a beginning language Message-ID: Sender: news@cybernet.cse.fau.edu Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida References: <1993Mar18.033431.12194@ariel.ec.usf.edu> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 00:54:34 GMT Date: 1993-03-23T00:54:34+00:00 List-Id: > Tampa. We now use Ada as the intro programming language for the program. So do we. > I would like anyones option on Ada as the first/intro language for Computer > Science. My option is that the strong types, and other structures frustates > new programers, as many of my classmates have been. (and why is 0/=0.0?) Personaly, I kinda like Ada. I don't know if it's really a good language to start computer science on, but I've already started, so what the Heck. I'm into my second semester of CS, and I've pretty much gotten used to Ada. I like some of its structuring, and once you get used to it, it is pretty nice(personal opinion.) However, We have had something like 50% of the class drop because it's rather difficult... -Neal