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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: GNAT.Serial_Communications ?
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Steve wrote:
> I am learning Ada and I find it quite funny that this serial stuff
> happens as COM ports are no more available on the machines...
>
> Am I right spending my time trying to learn this language or is it
> like latin (good to know some sentences to shine at tea time) ?
>
> I don't appreciate tea too much...

Ada is not a special-purpose language that can only do serial port
communications. You will benefit from learning Ada for any kind of
programming. Multi-tasking, database interfaces, networking, graphical
interfaces, embedded progamming, etc; Ada supports them all.

--
Ludovic Brenta.