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: 103376,1116ece181be1aea X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-23 09:10:08 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: Is the Writing on the Wall for Ada? Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:06:05 -0400 Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: References: <8mgdmv08eaabv53vv5sofud2k40lbo0fdh@4ax.com> <6roimvg39s8h5ba64u9pn0trsa4d3u4kai@4ax.com> <4XCbb.13251$Uv2.12148@nwrdny02.gnilink.net> 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:42812 Date: 2003-09-23T12:06:05-04:00 List-Id: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" wrote in message news:dsvtmvge015p2toc3d921hc81sc6orrtnl@4ax.com... > Sorry, that was not Wirth, but Edsger W. Dijkstra: > > "It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to > students that have had prior exposure to BASIC: as potential > programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration." > > Maybe Bill is also a Nobel Prize nominee for this year, or Dijkstra > had missed something. Well, reading the list of Nobel Peace Awards, > maybe, maybe... Well Dijkstra's point about BASIC was wrong. BASIC was my first language and I turned out fine. Furthermore, I know others whose first language was BASIC, and they turned out fine too. -CRM