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Optikos <ZUERCHER_Andreas@outlook.com> writes:
> 1) Someone who is a beginner at programming in any imperative
> programming language.

This is what I meant by beginner ;)

> 2) Someone who is versed to an adequate degree of proficiency in
> another imperative programming language and who is now learning Ada as
> a 2nd … Nth imperative programming language added to their repertoire.

Yes, this is imho a more suitable audience for Ada.

> Conversely, category #1's time has unfortunately passed is by in 2
> phases

I'm not sure what you mean by this: imho, either category #1's time
never existed, or else it existed once but is now thankfully (not
unfortunately) in the past.  IMHO a beginner language should have
automatic memory management, and its basic integer datatype should be
unbounded aka bignums.  Python is like this, though it has its own
deficiencies.