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-Thread: 103376,cbdf4b7efd0b03b5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!npeer-ng2.kpn.DE!newsfeed1.uni2.dk!dfeeder1.cybercity.dk!dspool1.cybercity.dk!dreader1.cybercity.dk!not-for-mail Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:26:34 +0100 From: Thomas User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Upsurge? References: <47d7de50$0$89175$157c6196@dreader1.cybercity.dk> <6401244f-3062-4f4a-8f19-4e71b6b1ff11@n75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> <47d7f5ce$0$99023$157c6196@dreader2.cybercity.dk> <87tzjb8nfa.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <47d8caf0$0$99022$157c6196@dreader2.cybercity.dk> <47d91849$0$99017$157c6196@dreader2.cybercity.dk> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <47da992a$0$89169$157c6196@dreader1.cybercity.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 77.212.116.206 X-Trace: 1205508394 dreader1.cybercity.dk 89169 77.212.116.206:38128 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20381 Date: 2008-03-14T16:26:34+01:00 List-Id: Ludovic Brenta wrote: > Thomas wrote: >> What in the end made me decide on Ada was http://rosettacode.org > > Funny, I wasn't aware of this site and I'm surprised at the large > number of samples for Ada. So, you can add to my list of "things that > happened since 2003": > > * Many code samples posted on rosettacode.org by Ada enthusiasts > * Wikibook "Ada Programming" written from scratch by enthusiasts, then > voted a "Featured Book" in, I believe, 2006. > > Furthermore, part of the work for designing and publishing Ada 2005 > was funded by Ada-Europe and ACM SIGAda (for the USA). If you want to > help make Ada's future a bright one, I recommend you become a member > and contribute financially (the membership fees are very low). There > are benefits; for example, if you join Ada-Europe within the next > couple of weeks, you'll receive a printed copy of the Ada 2005 > Rationale by John Barnes. See http://www.ada-europe.org or your > national Ada user group. > > -- > Ludovic Brenta. I can only encourage all you skilled Ada people to help build an even larger collection of Ada examples on rosettacode.org. It's a great idea, and I'm certain it could help further Ada. Every little bit helps! Oh, and it's also an awesome resource for a beginning Ada programmer. Sometimes cookbook examples are so much easier to understand than books. :o) I've contacted the national danish Ada group to hear how I can help support Ada. Sadly the danish Ada group website is currently dead (perhaps there's something a webmonkey like me can help with!), but hopefully the email registered at ada-europe.org is valid. Time will tell. Thanks a lot for the link Ludovic. Regards, Thomas