Teaching Ada in CS-1/2 (instead of Pascal/Modula)

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From: Richard Pattis
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1991 18:29

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  As chairman of the SIGAda education committee, I have volunteered to survey
instructors who teach Pascal and Modula-2 in their CS-1/CS-2 courses.  I am
interested in hearing about the impediments that they see to using Ada in
these/their classes.

   Rather than listing even a few common reasons that I have heard for not
teaching (with) Ada, I'd like to leave the responses wide open. I am looking
for response like, "I would never use Ada because ..." or "I would consider
using Ada if ...", or "I am planning to use Ada when ...".
  
  I would prefer to not hear from students who have opinions on this subject,
because I am trying to communicate with instructors who teach CS-1/CS-2.  If
there is enough interest, I will summarize and post the results here, or just
send out summaries to those individuals who respond.  Please indicate if your
response should be kept private.

Rich Pattis
Lecturer, University of Washington
Chairman, SIGAda Education Committee
pattis@cs.washington.edu   (206) 685-1218

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From: pattis@cs.washington.edu (Richard Pattis)
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Subject: Teaching Ada in CS-1/2 (instead of Pascal/Modula)
Summary: A survey
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Date: 18 Mar 91 18:29:52 GMT
Organization: U of Washington, Computer Science, Seattle
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