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,cc9d51d301f523ef X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-16 02:28:21 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!not-for-mail From: john@nospam.demon.co.uk (John McCabe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Newbee question Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 10:28:59 GMT Message-ID: <3dfda848.4482755@news.demon.co.uk> References: <3DFB9067.2040600@acm.org> <0dRK9.37601$xH3.400905@weber.videotron.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipehawk.demon.co.uk X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1040034492 26870 158.152.226.81 (16 Dec 2002 10:28:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 10:28:12 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31882 Date: 2002-12-16T10:28:59+00:00 List-Id: On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 20:49:02 -0500, "Eric Robert" wrote: >Well, yes and no. I am not a student anymore and I know quite a few >languages. But not ADA even if I hear of it when I was a student at the >University. You mightlike to call it Ada ;-) >I must say that, being a senior C++ programmer, ADA seems to me like a >language that isn't very usefull & efficient. Sorry to say but it seems like >a languages for dummies! It is a language that is designed to be safe and readable. It is more often than not used on large scale programs where many developers may be involved and which require high reliability. With staff turnover etc, its readability ensures that maintenance of the code doesn't pose too many problems. > I when to the library to get a book and now I can >do usefull stuff >The web is not crowded with ADA samples & resources so I >needed a book! What's wrong with http://www.adapower.com for example? Have you looked at http://www.adaic.org? Where can you download the ANSI C++ Standard? >I can't belive this... The community is much smaller than >what I'm used to (C and C++). Of course it is, but you'll probably find it is much more helpful towards someone with the right attitude, and there is far less noise than in any of the C/C++ based newsgroups. >But still : it was worth to learn. It maybe >good for learning and research (i.e. when you're NOT a experienced >programmmer) but not for real life usage when CPU & ressources are critical. In fact it is very good where CPU & resources are critical. When was the last time you built a system in C++ based on a Mil-Std-1750A processor (1.3MIPS) using 48kBytes of RAM and requiring an action to be performed in response to an interrupt within 8us? >Sorry but learning it doesn't make me a believer ;-) Only experience can do that, but you'll get there. Best Regards John McCabe To reply by email replace 'nospam' with 'assen'