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From: faust <urfaust@optushome.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Why is Ada NOT a good choice for a beginner to programming?
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 08:40:07 -0800
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 "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca> ,  emitted these fragments:

>Being "right" means being able to deliver, 

Yes.

>be on time,
Sometimes.
I do not see that Ada wins here , if six months has to be spend
creating the tools and bindings first.


>be reliable
That is what Version 2.0 is for ;-)

>and be able to maintain the result.

When the programmer is likely to have left in less than 2 years to
join another firm, who cares about "maintaining the result" ?

-- 
natsu-gusa ya     / tsuwamono-domo-ga / yume no ato
summer grasses / strong ones          / dreams site
 
Summer grasses,
All that remains
Of soldier's dreams
(Basho trans. Stryk)