weide@elephant.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bruce Weide) (05/10/91)
In article <9105091625.AA11977@enuxha.eas.asu.edu> koehnema@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Harry Koehnemann) writes: > >It's not just that, it's also resources. It been discussed here to put >Ada as the beginning language, but what are the consequences of doing >so. A university can get a site license for pretty cheap. However, >compile 15 C programs concurrently and then 15 Ada versions for >equivalent programs and you'll see the magnitude of the problem. > Another impediment is an appropriate textbook. What books have people found useful in teaching Ada, either to beginning or almost-beginning students? Among other things, I'm thinking of books that don't try to teach the whole language but that do justice to the most important constructs. -Bruce