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Subject: Re: Ada: A beginners experience
From: Jere <jhb.chat@gmail.com>
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On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 6:44:06 PM UTC-4, Bill Findlay wrote:
> On 14 Jul 2018, Jere wrote
> 
> > On Friday, July 13, 2018 at 11:36:51 PM UTC-4, Paul Rubin wrote:
> > > This won't be a popular viewpoint here but IMHO Ada isn't a great choice
> > > as a first language. [...]
> >
> > [...] The type system (the big draw for me to Ada) is actually very streamlined. [...]
> >
> > None of this is beginner friendly though obviously.
> 
> I disagree very strongly with the idea that Ada is not a good beginners 
> language, and I
> do so as a result of the experience of introducing an Ada-based CS1 course in 
> 1996.
> 

I never said that about Ada.

In the context of my reply, trying to get a full Ada environment
working on a board that doesn't already have one is not a beginner
friendly project (and that is not limited to just Ada).

I personally think Ada, as a language, is a great for beginners.