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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:24:00 +0100
From: Colin Paul Gloster <Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org>
Subject: Re: [Ada] implement many new Ada 2005 features
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Robert A Duff wrote:

"Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com> writes:

> But would you suggest that college level compiler classes not assign
> their students to go write a compiler? Probably not.
...

An Ada compiler is probably not the best choice for a college course. ;-)"

For an entirely different reason a compilers lecturer I used to have had a 
problem with Ada: he believed that structural equivalence and compatiblity 
of types (i.e. weaktyping) was superior to strong typing. Yikes!