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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3885b7fd66a1db28 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-29 06:44:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.esat.net!feeder.news.heanet.ie!193.1.198.47.MISMATCH!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org (Colin Paul Gloster) Subject: Re: Why is Ada NOT a good choice for a beginner to programming? References: <15FN9.2313$c6.2612@bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com> Reply-To: Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.0 (SunOS) Organization: Dublin City University (DCU) Cache-Post-Path: ns2-ext.dcu.ie!unknown@camac.dcu.ie X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Date: 29 Dec 2002 14:44:09 GMT NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Dec 2002 14:44:09 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.206.1.1 X-Trace: 1041173049 reader.news.heanet.ie 180 [::ffff:136.206.1.1]:40554 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32378 Date: 2002-12-29T14:44:09+00:00 List-Id: In article news:kf8f0vgs5fj08vkgtkg2juq5d2rcgjqr0g@4ax.com Craig Carey said: "[..] Sun Microsystems maybe is a leader in bug concealment. [..]" It is quite clear that bugs contribute to how many of Sun's own API methods and classes are deprecated by Sun.