From: igouy@yahoo.com (Isaac Gouy)
Subject: Re: Ada for a programming newb.
Date: 19 Sep 2003 16:57:46 -0700
Date: 2003-09-19T23:57:47+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ce7ef1c8.0309191557.4605d88d@posting.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: bkfb6g$304s$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu
"Chad R. Meiners" <crmeiners@hotmail.com> wrote
> > 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.
With well-designed teaching materials to demarcate a subset of Ada it
would be very similar. Without that help...
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Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-14 20:36 Ada for a programming newb Kyle Root
2003-09-14 21:15 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-09-14 21:29 ` Ludovic Brenta
2003-09-15 14:46 ` Jarimatti Valkonen
2003-09-18 17:31 ` Isaac Gouy
2003-09-18 19:33 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-09-18 20:19 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-09-18 20:30 ` chris
2003-09-19 1:38 ` Mark Lorenzen
2003-09-19 3:17 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-09-19 14:25 ` chris
2003-09-19 15:09 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-09-19 15:12 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-09-19 15:13 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-09-19 15:42 ` Preben Randhol
2003-09-19 18:00 ` Stephane Richard
2003-09-21 1:16 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-09-19 15:51 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-09-22 12:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-09-22 12:04 ` chris
2003-09-22 12:33 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-09-22 12:28 ` Stephane Richard
2003-09-22 19:37 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-09-23 9:30 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2003-09-23 17:49 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-09-24 9:53 ` Preben Randhol
2003-09-19 1:44 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-09-19 13:30 ` Isaac Gouy
2003-09-19 3:09 ` Isaac Gouy
2003-09-19 21:40 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-09-21 15:09 ` Isaac Gouy
2003-09-19 16:34 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-09-19 23:57 ` Isaac Gouy [this message]
2003-09-20 7:20 ` Anders Wirzenius
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