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From: mockturtle <framefritti@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Need some light on using Ada or not
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:59:18 -0800 (PST)
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Hi, just my fast 2 cents...

On Sunday, February 20, 2011 1:13:47 AM UTC+1, Luis P. Mendes wrote:

> My main doubt is the amount of aid I can get if I embark in the Ada ship.

As someone else pointed out, c.l.a. is a good place where to get help.  In =
my opinion, this is a very good newsgroup: very high light/heat ratio and g=
ood answers.

> But I surely will give it a try.
> I've read a lot about the language and seen some books.
> Is it or is it not advisable for beginner like me to lear Ada from a 95=
=20
> book? I was thinking in the Ada 95: The Craft of Object-Oriented=20
> Programming book.
> Any other recommended book? The Programming in Ada 2005 seems expensive=
=20
> just to try the language.
>=20
> Free resources from the Internet don't seem to include much howtos or=20
> guides of the 2005 specification.
> Or did I miss something?
>=20

I do not know if someone already pointed you at the wikibook:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ada_Programming

It is quite good, even if some parts are not complete.

If my history can help, I learnt Ada by myself, starting reading tutorial a=
nd free material found around the net and using it in mini (and not-so-mini=
) projects of mine.  After getting some experience, you can use as referenc=
e the well-known Reference Manual (RM for friends :-)

http://www.adaic.org/resources/add_content/standards/05rm/html/RM-TTL.html