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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: What good is Ada ???
Date: 1997/01/04
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Date: 1997-01-04T00:00:00+00:00
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Philip Chong says

"But why learn Ada?

Why not Java ?"


Well that's a question you should be able to answer yourself once you
know both languages (the fact that you ask the question means you do
not :-)

Java is an interesting language, and there are plusses and minuses for
teaching it as a first language (the lack of good Java based CS1/2 texts
being one issue), but it is clear (if you know both languages), that there
are a number of concepts that would be hard to teach in Java (e.g. storage
management, genericity, ...) compared to Ada.

You should certainly plan on learning both languages. If you work hard at
your Ada course, and really understand Ada well, you should have little
trouble in understanding Java!