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=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM,PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,751d508677a5add1 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!85.214.198.2.MISMATCH!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Warren Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ADA made me hate programming Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:49:24 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <8f469661-370c-4484-82d8-f1b365455e0f@w12g2000yqj.googlegroups.com> <1c6d350c-e5f4-48a2-b183-7fefe7e207dc@i31g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> Injection-Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:49:24 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="9f8M0iN5t54V+4DF/iqO8g"; logging-data="12751"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19rjEsqMWTdj0ihopUus/9/kk3o9YEcX1E=" User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 X-Face: &6@]C2>ZS=NM|HE-^zWuryN#Z/2_.s9E|G&~DRi|sav9{E}XQJb*\_>=a5"q]\%A;5}LKP][1mA{gZ,Q!j Cancel-Lock: sha1:f04FjH/p5Kk6FFlfCllzoWSM8PY= Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12043 Date: 2010-06-30T16:49:24+00:00 List-Id: mahdert expounded in news:1c6d350c-e5f4-48a2-b183-7fefe7e207dc@i31g2000yqm.googlegroups.com: > On Jun 30, 1:33�am, "Jeffrey R. Carter" > wrote: >> On 06/29/2010 10:23 PM, mahdert wrote: >> >> > When I first started my undergraduate studies as a computer science >> > major, I was forced to use ADA in an introductory course.. Mind you >> > I was already familiar with C++ at that time..but after dealing >> > with ADA and compilet time errors for about a year, I decided to >> > change my major to mech eng.. >> >> In order to respond meaningfully to your post, we need to know which >> ADA > you >> were exposed to that had such an effect on you. Was it American >> Dental Association or Americans with Disabilities Act? >> >> -- >> Jeff Carter >> "Blessed is just about anyone with a vested interest in the status >> quo." Monty Python's Life of Brian >> 73 > > LOL.. it was GNAT ADA 95.. I think you missed the point-- it is "Ada", not "ADA". Perhaps your computer science program started you off on the wrong foot ;-) Warren