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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,442a61fa28886220 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-19 09:35:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!msunews!not-for-mail From: "Chad R. Meiners" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada for a programming newb. Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:34:18 -0400 Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: arctic.cse.msu.edu X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:42690 Date: 2003-09-19T12:34:18-04:00 List-Id: "Isaac Gouy" wrote in message news:ce7ef1c8.0309180931.2f236163@posting.google.com... > Kyle Root wrote > > I was wondering if Ada would be suitable for me. > > Ada has many excellent qualities. > IMHO a smaller language is a better tool for learning about > programming. > > Let me suggest Oberon-2. It's a small precise language - you'll be > able to learn the keywords and operators quickly and the compiler will > tell you exactly where you made a mistake in the program. You'll find > it readable. You'll be able to learn about procedural programming and > object-oriented programming. How is this any different than starting with a subset of Ada? One of Ada's excellent features is that you can program in the subset of the language that you feel comfortable with. Students can branch out onto new features in a comfortable and consistent manner. -CRM