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: 2003-01-08 05:30:25 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!prodigy.com!news.astraweb.com!news-small.astraweb.com!news-xfer.cox.net!p01!news2.central.cox.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Ted Dennison User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why is Ada NOT a good choice for a beginner to programming? References: <15FN9.2313$c6.2612@bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com> <8ivo1vo5ir3piqsck4ondj0cuo47g426kf@4ax.com> <9gMS9.483613$GR5.189928@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 13:14:47 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.12.51.201 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cox.net X-Trace: news2.central.cox.net 1042031687 68.12.51.201 (Wed, 08 Jan 2003 08:14:47 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 08:14:47 EST Organization: Cox Communications Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32743 Date: 2003-01-08T13:14:47+00:00 List-Id: faust wrote: > On the other hand, if you are a hobbyist , an academic or a government > contractor, well you can ignore the market place. If you are writing something that has to be around a while, it in fact would be *wise* to ignore the marketplace. If all your tools have going for them is fashion, they will disappear when the direction of the wind changes.