* changes "in a nutshell" since Ada 83
@ 2008-09-25 15:57 Stephen Horne
2008-09-25 16:09 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-09-25 16:47 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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From: Stephen Horne @ 2008-09-25 15:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
I last used Ada about 10 years ago, and only ever used Ada 83. Is
there a quick-and-simple summary of what's changed in Ada 95 and since
that I can download?
What I really want is something short-and-sweet and focused on the
main changes - what changed, quick rationale, quick example, move on.
No for-morons endless tedious and distracting waffle making it
impossible to find the useful stuff.
I have found some books available online, but they all assume the
reader has never used Ada at all, and also that the reader has never
programmed before - not that that's an unusual assumption in
programming language books for some reason.
Any suggestions?
TIA
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* Re: changes "in a nutshell" since Ada 83
2008-09-25 15:57 changes "in a nutshell" since Ada 83 Stephen Horne
@ 2008-09-25 16:09 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-09-25 16:21 ` Stephen Horne
2008-09-25 16:47 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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From: Georg Bauhaus @ 2008-09-25 16:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
Stephen Horne schrieb:
> I last used Ada about 10 years ago, and only ever used Ada 83. Is
> there a quick-and-simple summary of what's changed in Ada 95 and since
> that I can download?
>
> What I really want is something short-and-sweet and focused on the
> main changes - what changed, quick rationale,
Maybe the Rationale can help?
Ada 95: http://www.adaic.org/standards/95rat/RAThtml/rat95-contents.html
Ada 2005: http://www.adaic.org/standards/05rat/html/Rat-TTL.html
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* Re: changes "in a nutshell" since Ada 83
2008-09-25 15:57 changes "in a nutshell" since Ada 83 Stephen Horne
2008-09-25 16:09 ` Georg Bauhaus
@ 2008-09-25 16:47 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2008-09-26 3:33 ` Stephen Horne
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From: Dmitry A. Kazakov @ 2008-09-25 16:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:57:17 +0100, Stephen Horne wrote:
> I last used Ada about 10 years ago, and only ever used Ada 83. Is
> there a quick-and-simple summary of what's changed in Ada 95 and since
> that I can download?
May I ask you personal question. Your return to Ada is out of curiosity or
because of changed situation at your work?
I see plenty newcomers and some Ada 83 guys like you here. Has the big run
from Ada ended?
--
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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* Re: changes "in a nutshell" since Ada 83
2008-09-25 16:47 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
@ 2008-09-26 3:33 ` Stephen Horne
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From: Stephen Horne @ 2008-09-26 3:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:47:02 +0200, "Dmitry A. Kazakov"
<mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
>On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:57:17 +0100, Stephen Horne wrote:
>
>> I last used Ada about 10 years ago, and only ever used Ada 83. Is
>> there a quick-and-simple summary of what's changed in Ada 95 and since
>> that I can download?
>
>May I ask you personal question. Your return to Ada is out of curiosity or
>because of changed situation at your work?
>
>I see plenty newcomers and some Ada 83 guys like you here. Has the big run
>from Ada ended?
Sorry. I'm unemployed through disability, have lots of time, and I'm
just generally updating my skills and learning new stuff.
I'm afraid I'm still mostly C++ etc. Not saying I like C++ exactly,
but... well... even my own personal library has probably 50,000+ lines
of every-day-use code and several code generators, not to mention the
more specialised stuff.
That said, interop is usually easier these days.
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