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From: Eric James DeArment <ejd@efn.org>
Subject: Re: Ada as a First Language
Date: 1997/07/16
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Date: 1997-07-16T00:00:00+00:00
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I personally think that Ada is great as a first language.  It's very easy
to learn.  In addition, it can do anything that C can do and more.  Ada is
perfect for real-time programming, while Dennis Ritchie intentionally
didn't give C any such abilities.  I haven't the slightest idea why anyone
would want to use C as a teaching language.  It's extremely hard to learn,
and although I would agree that it's very powerful, it's pretty ugly too.


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