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=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no 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!news3.google.com!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!feeder.erje.net!news-fra1.dfn.de!news.tele.dk!feed118.news.tele.dk!not-for-mail Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:09:09 +0100 From: Poul-Erik Andreasen User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080110) 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> <47da992a$0$89169$157c6196@dreader1.cybercity.dk> In-Reply-To: <47da992a$0$89169$157c6196@dreader1.cybercity.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <47de5f66$0$15890$edfadb0f@dtext01.news.tele.dk> Organization: TDC Totalloesninger NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.62.63.184 X-Trace: 1205755750 dtext01.news.tele.dk 15890 80.62.63.184:61190 X-Complaints-To: abuse@post.tele.dk Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20443 Date: 2008-03-17T13:09:09+01:00 List-Id: Thomas wrote: > 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. I am encounterring a serius server crash, and i don't have the means for the time being to set up a new server.Perhaps we can find another solution. Poul-Erik Andreasen