From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: question re Ada equivalent of C function
Date: 1998/02/22
Date: 1998-02-22T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1998Feb21.194544.1@eisner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 34EEFF9C.1D01FA5D@stellar1.com
In article <34EEFF9C.1D01FA5D@stellar1.com>, David Fisher <frc@stellar1.com> writes:
> Sorry if this is a bit basic, but learning Ada on one's own can be, er,
> challenging.
>
> What are the Ada equivalents of the C functions, inp and outp, used to
> read a byte from or send one to a memory address?
Speaking as someone who learned Ada on my own, let me suggest that you
avoid the search for "do xyz like language abc" and deal with Ada as
a language unto itself.
In many cases trying mimic the functions of another language means that
you end up writing an an unnatural style (for Ada) and giving up the
more powerful constructs of Ada. Learn all you can about programming
in a normal Ada style (there are lots of good books available) and
only after you have that mastered should you consider emulating other
languages in very special cases (which certainly exist).
Larry Kilgallen
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-02-21 0:00 question re Ada equivalent of C function David Fisher
1998-02-21 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-02-21 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1998-02-21 0:00 ` David Fisher
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Andi Kleen
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1998-02-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1998-02-22 0:00 ` frc
1998-02-21 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1998-02-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-02-22 0:00 ` frc
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Linux/POSIX packages for GNAT Markus Kuhn
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Andi Kleen
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Samuel Tardieu
1998-02-23 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1998-02-23 0:00 ` Samuel Tardieu
1998-03-05 0:00 ` Testing exception handlers James M. Darlack
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Linux/POSIX packages for GNAT Markus Kuhn
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-02-23 0:00 ` Andi Kleen
1998-02-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-02-23 0:00 ` Markus Kuhn
1998-02-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-02-23 0:00 ` Markus Kuhn
1998-02-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-02-23 0:00 ` Markus Kuhn
1998-02-24 0:00 ` question re Ada equivalent of C function Dale Stanbrough
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