From: rick.thorne@lmco.com (Rick Thorne)
Subject: Re: Looking for ADA
Date: 1997/03/14
Date: 1997-03-14T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <rick.thorne-1403970953080001@129.197.97.40> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 01bc2d83$4ca9e6a0$6966f4ce@wickline
In article <01bc2d83$4ca9e6a0$6966f4ce@wickline>, "Warren Wickline"
<wickline@comp-res.com> wrote:
> I'm still a college student, and I was wondering if anyone could help me
> find a cheap ada compiler.
For the PC?!? This is kind of like asking "Gee, I'm married with 8 kids.
Can anyone help me get a cheap divorce and keep my child support to a
minimum?"
As a college student, why are you bothering with Ada anyway? My
recommendations:
1) Learn C, C++, Java, and other language technologies that actually have
a future in the US.
2) Don't sweat Ada unless you get a job in a US DoD contractor's shop or a
job in Europe, then let THEM pay you to work while you learn the language.
3) Keep your C, C++, & Java skills sharp whilst you work with Ada, because
Ada's going away quickly, yes, even in the DoD world because of the Perry
Initiative and the soon-to-happen elimination of the Ada Requirements
(probably by july '97).
4) Learn OOA/D methods; these are the elements of the Software Crisis
unsolved by Ada. As Brooks stated in "No Silver Bullet": Ada is just a
programming language. It doesn't cover all the ground by any means.
Good luck, and look to a future that HAS a future.
--
? Rick Thorne ? "I'm quite illiterate, ?
? software engineer by day ? but I read a lot" ?
? harried father of two by night ? J. D. Salinger ?
? rick.thorne@lmco.com ? ?
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1997-03-14 0:00 ` Rick Thorne [this message]
1997-03-15 0:00 ` Looking for ADA John Breen
1997-03-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-15 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1997-03-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-23 0:00 ` the one and only real true kibo
1997-03-15 0:00 ` Corey Minyard
1997-03-17 0:00 ` David Emery
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