From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5432105ddc0f9cb4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Marin D. Condic" Subject: Re: Beginner Date: 1999/12/20 Message-ID: <385E7AC4.C40E7A5C@quadruscorp.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 563083486 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <385C6459.B80BD641@cyllene.uwa.edu.au> <385D169B.438749BF@quadruscorp.com> <83k32s$28b$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Organization: Quadrus Corporation X-Sender: "Marin D. Condic" (Unverified) X-Server-Date: 20 Dec 1999 18:46:09 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-12-20T18:46:09+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote: > Last time I looked adahome had not been updated for a long time, > and had a lot of outdated and incorrect stuff. > I know the tutorials are still there, so even if it is inactive, it still has some value. Your point about outdated material is pretty important though. Its not a good source for information about any ongoing developments. > As far as I can see, all the useful material there is on > adapower, which contains much more stuff besides, and is very > well kept up to date by David and those helping him. > Dave Botton certainly has a very nice page there. It looks like there are plenty of tutorials referenced there, so its a good place for the beginner to start. I also like the fact that there are code examples there which can help the beginner to get started on the right foot. > I always used to refer people to adahome, but at this stage I > think we do a better service for people by forgetting adahome > and sticking with adapower as the primary reference. > I'm debating if I should remove the link from my pages. While there is still some useful material there, it may be best not to send people to a stale page which may create the impression that there is no active use of Ada. OTOH, its nice to be as comprehensive as possible... (Hmmmmm....) MDC -- ============================================================= Marin David Condic - Quadrus Corporation - 1.800.555.3393 1015-116 Atlantic Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 http://www.quadruscorp.com/ m c o n d i c @ q u a d r u s c o r p . c o m Visit my web site at: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Capitalism without failure is like religion without sin." -- Allan Meltzer, Economist =============================================================