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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,3be76ca884705a45 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!94.75.214.39.MISMATCH!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: is Ada still being used for teaching at universities? Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:25:30 +0200 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <8dd2a69d-574c-4f12-a644-ae4b2fd89709@r4g2000vbq.googlegroups.com> <4D7FA036.7020401@obry.net> <87ei686vol.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <1rts6l41zobmz.1cudqx6jeu5qu$.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: H+AM93vqGaZRLdQzwI1fHQ.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.01 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18537 Date: 2011-03-28T12:25:30+02:00 List-Id: Le Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:26:02 +0200, Dmitry A. Kazakov = a =C3=A9crit: > No, I mean that things being taught are often ignored or hated by = > students. Ouch, that's so bad ? :( > Practical work leaves a deeper imprint. In general I am a bit sceptica= l > about teaching programming languages. Programming is not a science and= > languages are even less than science. True for Ada, which was designed with practical purpose in mind, but jus= t = less true some other languages (not the topic here anyway). Yes, Ada is = = not formal in the mathematical sense. -- = Si les chats miaulent et font autant de vocalises bizarres, c=E2=80=99es= t pas pour = les chiens. =E2=80=9C c++; /* this makes c bigger but returns the old value */ =E2=80= =9D [Anonymous]