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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no 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: 2002-12-23 16:25:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!newshub.northeast.verio.net!verio!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!news1.optus.net.au!optus!spool01.syd.optusnet.com.au!spool.optusnet.com.au!not-for-mail From: faust Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why is Ada NOT a good choice for a beginner to programming? Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 11:22:16 -0800 Organization: Cthulhu Fthagn Reply-To: The Elder Gods Message-ID: References: <15FN9.2313$c6.2612@bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.92/32.572 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.49.81.163 X-Trace: 1040689291 30588 210.49.81.163 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32267 Date: 2002-12-24T11:22:16-08:00 List-Id: Robert A Duff , emitted these fragments: >. Basic is a poor language to learn first. >Much better would be Ada or some dialect of ML. Definitely ! Avoid Basic like the plague. Remember what Dijkstra said: "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." ( Professor Edsger Dijkstra ) -------------------------------------------------------- Come see, real flowers of this pain-filled world. (from Basho)