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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b18a629429c93bd2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-10-23 20:13:13 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!hermes.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <39F4FE74.7B2D3C65@acm.org> From: Jeff Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada for a Fortran programmer References: <39F4B264.40E44BFA@tin.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 03:13:11 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 158.252.123.166 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 972357191 158.252.123.166 (Mon, 23 Oct 2000 20:13:11 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 20:13:11 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:1507 Date: 2000-10-24T03:13:11+00:00 List-Id: GianLuigi Piacentini wrote: > But for what I know Ada should be a > better choice ... Very often true. > So: > 1) There are Ada tutorials geared towards Fortran programmers ? I don't know about FORTRAN specifically, but you should be able to find several acceptable tutorials at www.adapower.com. > 2) Are there Ada compilers/translators with a C output for situation in > which C is the only high level language available ? There is at least one such creature. I'm sure Tucker Taft will reply with specific contact information. -- Jeff Carter "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries." Monty Python & the Holy Grail