Re: Dr Dobbs dismisses Ada

[David Emery <demery@cox.net>]

Here's a challenge to your university:  Ask them to try to measure the 
relative effectiveness of the two languages, e.g. problems completed 
correctly by students, dropout rates, etc.  Some teacher can get a paper 
out of it (confirming or refuting some of John McCormick's 
observations), and the facts themselves would be very interesting...

			dave

spammenot wrote:
> Im a beginner (2nd yr computing student) when it comes to Ada but I can 
> at least give you an insight into what is happening within my university 
> (Glasgow)
> 
> Just last week each and every computing student was sent an email with 
> an invitation to a meeting regarding a change from ada to java.  The 
> proposal is to use java as our first language in 1st and 2nd year 
> courses instead of ada.
> 
> So it seems as though universities may be moving on as well.
> 
>>
>> But what about universities ? There is not much display and promotion 
>> for Ada there, either ?
>> (Not to mention the very few projects in Ada on sourceforge and 
>> freshmeat, for instance).
>>
>>
>>> It would help if other Dr Dobbs subscribers wrote in as well.
>>>
>>
>> Where did you write to ?
>> (Shall we need a petition or something ?)
>>
>> ++