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=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,808316b907252cba X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: rick.thorne@lmco.com (Rick Thorne) Subject: Re: Looking for ADA Date: 1997/03/14 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 225510080 References: <01bc2d83$4ca9e6a0$6966f4ce@wickline> Organization: Some, but limited Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-03-14T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <01bc2d83$4ca9e6a0$6966f4ce@wickline>, "Warren Wickline" 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 ? ?