Re: An observation of Ada (may offend)

[vladimir@speedy.intrepid.com (Vladimir Vukicevic)]

In article <3k00no$8qv@agate.berkeley.edu> Matt Bruce <st952adf@pilot.stu.cowan.edu.au> writes:

> Is it my imagination, or is Ada the demonic lovechild of C and Pascal?

Most likely your imagination. You need more sleep.

> I've had to study Ada this semester for a unit at my Uni called Advanced
> Programming Techniques. What fun. Not. :) Learning techniques AND a new
> language - what an experience - considering I'm learning COBOL and SQL
> this semester.
> 
> Enough of my griping. Back to the assignments...

Interesting. When I saw the subject, I was prepared for an in-depth
summary of why someone thinks Ada is not a 'good' (however you define
'good') language.  Unfortunately, it is nothing of the sort.  I'm
waiting for one of those. :-)  Also, having to learn COBOL and SQL
in the same semester with Ada might give Ada a sour taste, especially
if your prof can't make it appealing. (Not saying that you have
a bad prof, just generalizing. :-)

Speaking of why people think Ada is not a good language... it'd be nice
if someone collected the many myths about Ada, and collected them all
together for distribution to the unbelievers. :-)  This would simplify
telling people about Ada, especially if all they've heard was that it's
a "big ugly ancient language used by the government", or that it's too
'huge' to be worth doing anything with.

	-- Vladimir Vukicevicn
	-- vladimir@intrepid.com