* New in Ada, written some programs and earned money!
@ 2003-02-21 9:47 Frank Piron
2003-02-21 12:05 ` Larry Kilgallen
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From: Frank Piron @ 2003-02-21 9:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi Ada,
I'm new in Ada, really new, that is i started to
learn the language 3 months ago.
My previous experiences in programming were in
pure C and ORACLE PL/SQL 2.3 - much like Ada83
i think. 4 years ago we started development of
a complete control system for a police department
in switzerland. It is ORACLE-based, contains
a workflow engine, document management, GUI in
ORACLE-Forms, much PL/SQL-Code inside the Database,
much exception handling.
The demands of the customer concerning stability and
security were very strict and we expensively used
the exception handling mechanism of PL/SQL. But this
Language is pretty restricted in respect to modern
software engineering methods and last year meanwhile
in the own company i encountered Ada95.
I read some books ( Barnes , Feldman, ... ) and started
to play around and i felt good with my PL/SQL-experiences.
3 weeks ago i delivered my first little programs in Ada which
i used to write in C earlier, when the capabilities of the
poor ORACLE-Client PL/SQL-engine did not suffice.
The programs were simple helpers, one parsing a file
written in a proprietary format, one calling some
win32 api functions. But i was curious to know more
about string handling in Ada and interfacing with C.
Great success! Simple development, no errors till
now. Ok, i had my fight with the compiler, but it
was productive.
I think the Ada community should try to get the
attention of the many many PL/SQL-Developers in the
world. Ada is an ideal way to enrich the programming
skills and possibilities for them.
Frank Piron
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* Re: New in Ada, written some programs and earned money!
2003-02-21 9:47 New in Ada, written some programs and earned money! Frank Piron
@ 2003-02-21 12:05 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-02-21 13:16 ` Frank Piron
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From: Larry Kilgallen @ 2003-02-21 12:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
In article <3E55F59A.757E2D45@konad.de>, Frank Piron <frank.piron@konad.de> writes:
> I think the Ada community should try to get the
> attention of the many many PL/SQL-Developers in the
> world. Ada is an ideal way to enrich the programming
> skills and possibilities for them.
PL/SQL-Developers would likely ignore entreaties from the general
Ada community, and they would be wise to do so.
PL/SQL-Developers would more likely be influence by someone like you,
who knows the PL/SQL domain and understands their needs. Writing a
paper for a PL/SQL conference or publication would be one method,
but don't ignore the possibility of one-on-one contacts.
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* Re: New in Ada, written some programs and earned money!
2003-02-21 12:05 ` Larry Kilgallen
@ 2003-02-21 13:16 ` Frank Piron
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From: Frank Piron @ 2003-02-21 13:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
Larry Kilgallen schrieb:
>
> In article <3E55F59A.757E2D45@konad.de>, Frank Piron <frank.piron@konad.de> writes:
>
> > I think the Ada community should try to get the
> > attention of the many many PL/SQL-Developers in the
> > world. Ada is an ideal way to enrich the programming
> > skills and possibilities for them.
>
> PL/SQL-Developers would likely ignore entreaties from the general
> Ada community, and they would be wise to do so.
Ask some PL/SQL-Developer who encounters the narrow borders
of the language. He or She would like to see a demo of Ada i think.
> PL/SQL-Developers would more likely be influence by someone like you,
> who knows the PL/SQL domain and understands their needs. Writing a
> paper for a PL/SQL conference or publication would be one method,
> but don't ignore the possibility of one-on-one contacts.
I started to do so,
Frank Piron
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