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=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_ADDR_WS, FROM_WSP_TRAIL autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.unit0.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bill Findlay Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada: A beginners experience Date: 16 Jul 2018 02:01:22 GMT Message-ID: References: <1d3743b1-1a36-429d-92c7-9ae0e7c16e63@googlegroups.com> <87fu0m7ak0.fsf@nightsong.com> <6febe5d6-0339-4da5-afe5-9af4e2255597@googlegroups.com> <0001HW.20FC05B4019F60EC700007BBE2CF@news.individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net OQpOELO0bMSsbHlvPQtSgAp1FWxlHfEwK8IzbL1zM9oUKgvVY3 Cancel-Lock: sha1:teNbjjL46rt3lzG/Z7tz/KnYPGw= sha1:y/N6U1ms7aCUj+H0deK/Vs3IOL4= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.3.1 (iPad) Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:53835 Date: 2018-07-16T02:01:22+00:00 List-Id: Jere wrote: > 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. I never said you did. -- Bill Findlay