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: 103376,7ee10ec601726fbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-08 07:37:21 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!jfk3-feed1.news.digex.net!dca6-feed2.news.digex.net!intermedia!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone1.gnilink.net!wn3feed!worldnet.att.net!135.173.83.71!wnfilter1!worldnet-localpost!bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BC1BA26.17855AA0@worldnet.att.net> From: James Rogers X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: is Ada dying? References: <3BC0F75B.51D32B3@adaworks.com> <9pr8gu0tnf@drn.newsguy.com> <3BC1305D.1C6910C@worldnet.att.net> <9prebb$1on$1@news.service.uci.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 14:37:20 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.86.36.40 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1002551840 12.86.36.40 (Mon, 08 Oct 2001 14:37:20 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 14:37:20 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13923 Date: 2001-10-08T14:37:20+00:00 List-Id: Navid Azimi wrote: > > James, > > Robert is right in many aspects. Ada is *much* more difficult to learn > (resources/information/etc) than Java. I have done both recently and I found > the amount of help available (may it be newsgroups/faq/websites) for Java is > much more than Ada. > > Now if Ada was able to pull everything together into one big central > site/package it would help a lot of people, not to mention people who are > trying to learn Ada. > > I tried to learn Ada a few months ago, and I couldn't even get a straight > answer to what type of compiler exists. Not one person would give me a right > answer, and to this day, I still don't know. > > I found a compiler on the www.adapower.com but it was soo poorly documented > I had no clue how to run it. I couldn't find any examples of quick programs > (hello world) to see how the syntax was, nor was I able to do anything > friendly with it. > > I didn't need a huge-tutorial. I know how to program. I just wanted some > quick points about how to compile/run, how the code (syntax) looks like, and > the few *basic* commands, such as: output, loops, functions. Yet, it was soo > tedious that I have given up. I still am on this newsgroup regulargly > because I enjoy reading Qs and As... > The AdaPower web site has links to several compilers. I have used both the free Ada compilers available (Aonix and GNAT). Both come with documentation on how to use the compiler. The GNAT compiler also comes with a set of example programs and a make file. You can at least read the make file to learn how to use the compiler. You claim that nobody could tell you what type of compiler exists. Who did you ask? Most of the regular participants in this group can answer that question. You found the AdaPower web site. You could have found the answer there also. How did you determine that the answers to your questions were wrong? Could it be that you did not understand the answers? Jim Rogers Colorado Springs, Colorado USA