[GAP] Regarding Cyril's Reply to My Rant

[Robert Dewar]

David Bover wrote:
> We use Ada for our first year of programming courses, taking students
> through data structures.  Some students grumble about it but most
> graduating seniors, on reflection, seem to agree that Ada is a good
> choice for the primary language.  However, after using Ada in this role
> for 4 years, we are undertaking a review of the situation.

You might want to look at the Jan issue of Crosstalk, which has an 
article by Ed and me on the state of CS education. I also recommend
getting in touch with Bjarne Stroustrup for his perspective.