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Subject: Re: Ada Annoyances
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On 06/29/2017 01:18 AM, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
> Pascal Was perfect language for learning and
> teaching also.

The US Military Academy did a controlled experiment that showed that Ada (83) 
was a better teaching language than Pascal, which they were using at the time. 
Pascal has many well known gotchas for beginners that Ada got right. The "Pascal 
subset" of Ada with packages seems like an excellent first language, though.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"I blow my nose on you."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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