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by cubix 69 days ago
I took a course exactly like that. I wonder if we went to the same school, or it’s due to curriculum standardization. The professor was particularly enthusiastic about Ada, so I had assumed the course was largely his creation.
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academics loved ada when it came out. it was a very sophisticated language for it's day.

same is true today. the spec/body separation made for an actual delineation between design and implementation.

the accreditation was through ABET at the time from what I recall