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,efe03f20164a417b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-13 20:56:27 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!intrepid.intrepid.com!usenet From: vladimir@speedy.intrepid.com (Vladimir Vukicevic) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: An observation of Ada (may offend) Date: 14 Mar 1995 04:49:32 GMT Organization: Intrepid Technology, Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <3k00no$8qv@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: speedy.intrepid.com In-reply-to: Matt Bruce's message of 12 Mar 1995 23:39:36 GMT Date: 1995-03-14T04:49:32+00:00 List-Id: In article <3k00no$8qv@agate.berkeley.edu> Matt Bruce 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