Re: Ada for 1st year students

[Gary Scott <garylscott@sbcglobal.net>]

amado.alves@gmail.com wrote:
> I've slept on it and I'll retract from magic variables. Students will
> declare the variables from day 1. Thanks for your warnings, they
> confirm this. But please remind that my main focus is not teaching
> Ada, but algorithms, and Ada is being use for implementing the
> algorithms. I need a fragment of Ada that together with some packages
> provide a non distracting environment, language, for the
> implementation of the algorithms. Of course I'll teach Ada basics.
> I'll teach packages. Packages are the heart of Ada, more than types. I
> don't think I'll teach types much. I'll teach how to *use* types i.e.
> how to declare variables. Thanks.
For the stated purpose, Fortran 95/2003 would be just about perfect.  It 
also has modules, and the syntax is generally more math-like and intuitive.

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