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: 2002-12-30 08:22:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!kibo.news.demon.net!demon!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!internal-news-hub.cableinet.net!news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Mark X-X-Sender: mark@pdomain.vulndev.org Subject: Re: Why is Ada NOT a good choice for a beginner to programming? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <15FN9.2313$c6.2612@bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:22:25 +0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.192.83.41 X-Complaints-To: abuse@blueyonder.co.uk X-Trace: news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk 1041265336 80.192.83.41 (Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:22:16 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:22:16 GMT Organization: blueyonder (post doesn't reflect views of blueyonder) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32389 Date: 2002-12-30T16:22:25+00:00 List-Id: On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, David Wright wrote: > > "sk" wrote in message > news:mailman.1040664961.4038.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org... > > wesgroleau@despammed.com: > > > 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. > > > Since you profess to being a beginner > > > > > Mom used to say, "If you can't say anything nice..." > > 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. > > This was precisely the purpose of my original post - to see if the Ada > language and community was a congenial place to commit to my learning curve, > yet it's precisely your sort of undergraduate snottiness that puts visitors > off. Happily, I've found that there are some inspiring adults here, > possessed of a generous spirit. Read and learn boys since I assume from > your tone that you both must be about 15 years old. > > David Wright > > > > Well, lets see, I have recently taken up ada and with the reading of a small text called "Ada as a second language" I cant say I have had much of a problem taking it up. If you have enough brain power to read around that which is not immediatly clear then I cannot personally see why you would have any difficulty whatsoever. If you can understand "programming" as a whole you wont have any difficulty picking up the majority of languages out there. just my t'pence worth. Mark