Re: Ada as a first language

[Chris <calc@internode.on.net>]

Hi All,

mockturtle, "gun for mosquitoes" was definitely what I was thinking, as 
well as am I making it harder on my self than I need to. From what you 
have described as your use fo ada, that is where I would like to get to. 
being able to script things for work would be beneficial

Brian D, thanks for your perspective on ada and the tip on AVR-ada. I 
found the sourceforge project for it, it even had a wiki with a couple 
of little tutorials. As far as other embedded tutorials/guides, not to 
much. Its funny I can find lots of references to it, but not much actual 
documentation.

Brian S, thanks for your views. Right now I'm just looking to get 
started with software. Ive been working on a VTOL RC aircraft for a 
while, and I would like to, eventually, intergrate sensors, auto pilot, 
ect... down the line.


Jacob, thanks for the reminder about John McCormick's course, I had read 
  his paper from a link on this group, I will try to get in touch with him.


The problem that I've got now is that I really like Ada. It may sound 
silly, but the clear syntax makes it so much easier to see what's going 
on in the program. And for a person with limited experience, that's a 
massive help.
I also think that good structure, and best practice are the only way to 
do something, even if it is as a hobby. All my home projects I structure 
and document as if it were a commercial project. While it takes more 
time, it means that the data from the project is always available in the 
future.

I also found an IDE for ada on the lego mindstorms RCX 
http://www.usafa.af.mil/df/dfcs/adamindstorms.cfm in case anyone is 
interested.

For now I'm going to keep plugging away with ada. If anyone has any good 
beginners books they can recommend, it would be greatly appreciated.

Christian