Re: Dr Dobbs dismisses Ada

[Larry Elmore <ljelmore_@comcast.net>]

Stephen Leake wrote:
> spammenot <"Simon(spammenot)"@skcs.co.uk> writes:
> 
> 
>>Im a beginner (2nd yr computing student) when it comes to Ada but I
>>can at least give you an insight into what is happening within my
>>university (Glasgow)
>>
>>Just last week each and every computing student was sent an email with
>>an invitation to a meeting regarding a change from ada to java.  The
>>proposal is to use java as our first language in 1st and 2nd year
>>courses instead of ada.
>>
>>So it seems as though universities may be moving on as well.
> 
> 
> That would be "one university"; your university is not all
> universities :).

If only it were only one university.  I see online that my old school
(Montana State University) has switched from Ada to Java for 1st and 2nd
year CS courses, as well, and it's C++ for most of the other classes.

--Larry