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,ea8ea502d35ca2ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-06 08:17:04 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.sttls1.wa.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "DuckE" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <9cukad$nn68@news-dxb> Subject: Re: Beginner's Language? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 15:17:04 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.6.221.63 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.sttls1.wa.home.com 989162224 24.6.221.63 (Sun, 06 May 2001 08:17:04 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 08:17:04 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7235 Date: 2001-05-06T15:17:04+00:00 List-Id: In my opinion Ada is an excellent choice as a good first language for a beginner. When you make a mistake while programming in Ada, often the program will not run at all until the error is corrected. When you make a mistake while programming in other programming languages, it is more likely that the program will run, and give you wrong answers. When compared to Lisp, Perl and BASIC, I believe the beginner will find the language easier to read. Reading Ada programs is more like reading a book than like reading a bunch of math formulas. I hope this helps with replies for 7th grade students. SteveD "Faisal Halim" wrote in message news:9cukad$nn68@news-dxb... > Assalaamu 'alaikum, > > I would like to know if ADA is a good first language for a beginner, > especially when compared to Lisp and Perl, and BASIC. > > Despite my 'O' Level qualification in Computers, please assume you are > answering a person totally devoid of computer concepts, as I would find > such replies useful when answering queries from 7th grade students who are > interested in computers and programming, but have no idea of which language > to use. > > Thank you all in advance for your feedback and co-operation. > > Faisal Halim > 4th May, 2001 >