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: 103376,3885b7fd66a1db28 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-23 10:31:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au!not-for-mail From: "David Wright" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why is Ada NOT a good choice for a beginner to programming? Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 04:24:24 +1000 Organization: University of Queensland Message-ID: References: <15FN9.2313$c6.2612@bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d-240-89.stlucia.uq.net.au X-Trace: bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au 1040668317 31702 203.101.240.89 (23 Dec 2002 18:31:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@uq.edu.au NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 Dec 2002 18:31:57 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32249 Date: 2002-12-23T18:31:57+00:00 List-Id: "sk" wrote in message news:mailman.1040664961.4038.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org... > wesgroleau@despammed.com: > > He professes to be a beginner, and yet he has enough > > insight to see that C, C++, and Java invite "buggy > > frustration" :-) > > Yes, I sensed a touch of fishing in the OP hence the > "antisocial" comments. > Since you profess to being a beginner > Mom used to say, "If you can't say anything nice..." I said I was a beginner to programming; I didn't say I was brain dead or illiterate. It doesn't take Mensa affiliate to read the C, C++, Java newsgroups and see that beginners are soon befuddled by non-intuitive syntactical clutter and compiler catastrophes. This was precisely the purpose of my original post - to see if the Ada language and community was a congenial place to commit to my learning curve, yet it's precisely your sort of undergraduate snottiness that puts visitors off. Happily, I've found that there are some inspiring adults here, possessed of a generous spirit. Read and learn boys since I assume from your tone that you both must be about 15 years old. David Wright