Re: Dr Dobbs dismisses Ada

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@acm.org>]

spammenot <"Simon(spammenot)"@skcs.co.uk> writes:

> Im a beginner (2nd yr computing student) when it comes to Ada but I
> can at least give you an insight into what is happening within my
> university (Glasgow)
>
> Just last week each and every computing student was sent an email with
> an invitation to a meeting regarding a change from ada to java.  The
> proposal is to use java as our first language in 1st and 2nd year
> courses instead of ada.
>
> So it seems as though universities may be moving on as well.

That would be "one university"; your university is not all
universities :).

Actually, it sounds like you are being given an opportunity to explain
why they should _not_ switch from Ada to Java.

At the very least, you should loudly protest them compromising
academic principles in favor of crass commercialism. Explain that you
appreciate learning good programming principles, before being forced
to learn inferior languages.

Don't just give in!

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-- Stephe