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: 2002-12-21 02:44:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.dacom.co.kr!intgwlon.nntp.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why is Ada NOT a good choice for a beginner to programming? References: User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.3b1 (PPC Mac OS X) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 10:44:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.47.50 X-Complaints-To: news@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1040467454 144.132.47.50 (Sat, 21 Dec 2002 21:44:14 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 21:44:14 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32147 Date: 2002-12-21T10:44:14+00:00 List-Id: David Wright wrote: > > 1) A free (preferably) downloadable programming environment that is installs > without fuss and instability Gnat does this (and has the best error messages i've ever seen from a compiler). > 2) Good online and hardcopy support (tutorials and textbooks) for a BEGINNER > PROGRAMMER per se, not just beginners with that LANGUAGE There is lots of Ada stuff, but i'm not sure how much is devoted to a novice. > 3) An online community that has a tradition of supporting such beginners to > programming. Don't know. I don't think we get many of them... > Specific Questions: > 1) Am I not giving Ada sufficient credit for being a suitable entry-level > language for a BEGINNING PROGRAMMER? Ada is better than Pascal as an intro language. You can just learn a subset that is cleaner than Pascal. I taught Ada to first year students for several years quite successfully. Dale