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: 2002-12-24 06:01:00 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: billtate@usermail.com (W D Tate) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why is Ada NOT a good choice for a beginner to programming? Date: 24 Dec 2002 06:01:00 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.188.208.165 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1040738460 12396 127.0.0.1 (24 Dec 2002 14:01:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Dec 2002 14:01:00 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32281 Date: 2002-12-24T14:01:00+00:00 List-Id: "David Wright" wrote in message news:... > Hello from DownUnder... > > I would appreciate some general advice from experienced Ada programmers, > particularly (but not only) those using it as a teaching vehicle for > Computer Science courses etc. I have a few suggestions for you - Ada and Python. Python is an object-oriented script language with easy on the eyes syntax, a ton of libraries out there and a very very friendly discussion groups. If you programming for just the fun of it, then Python is hard to beat, but IF your working on something that helps pay the bills or keeps your business afloat then I would advise asking yourself this question. How much money are you prepared to flush down the toilet on such activities as debugging or trying to decipher something conceived by a kid named Garth? If that's appealing to you then by all means take the C/C++ route, the historical evidence points to a good probability that a state of entropy will have firmly set in by the 2nd or 3rd generation of your product. However, if you want to make an honest attempt at avoiding that and using your time more productively then I would advise looking at Ada as one alternative.