When I started in my CS program years ago, Ada was the teaching language (now I believe they moved to Java like everyone else). At the time I remember joining i

When I started in my CS program years ago, Ada was the teaching language (now I believe they moved to Java like everyone else). At the time I remember joining in the grumbling "Why do we have to learn Ada?! Who the hell uses Ada?" ...but now, looking back, it was a pretty good teaching language: You don't have to worry about little details like C, OOP, decent complier tools, etc. I have 5 or 6 Ada textbooks still sitting on my shelf, which are now even further outdated. Maybe I'll go get the latest GNAT and play with Ada again to pretend I still use those books.