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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,1f00e12fa1e87526 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!proxad.net!freenix!news.enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Dr Dobbs dismisses Ada Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 20:22:22 -0400 Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: <42891b5f$0$31069$626a14ce@news.free.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1116289362 25256 212.85.156.195 (17 May 2005 00:22:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 00:22:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org To: spammenot <"Simon(spammenot)"@skcs.co.uk> Return-Path: In-Reply-To: ("Simon(spammenot)"@skcs.co.uk's message of "Tue, 17 May 2005 00:01:53 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (windows-nt) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11055 Date: 2005-05-16T20:22:22-04:00 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! -- -- Stephe