Re: Just a question...

[bowmanc@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us (Carl Bowman)]

In article <4l32nn$mqn@boson.epita.fr>,
patrick lacheny <lachen_p@photon.epita.fr> wrote:
>Thanks for ansering this question about Ada:
>
>" What are the 3 or 4 advices you would tell to a C programmer who
>  wants to use Ada ?"
>
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My first advice would be to stop thinking of oneself as a C programmer
and start thinking of oneself as a programmer currently using C! :)

This information is geared toward Mr. Lacheny and anyone else gettting
started in Ada.  I hope experienced readers will add to this
information.  A lot of this information is in the Ada FAQ.

There is a lot of online information about Ada.  I would aquaint
myself with all of the sources of Ada information possible.  The Ada
Information Clearinghouse maintains the Software Engineering host.
There are online tutorials and information, the Reference Manual and
Rationale, links to other online information, and a lot more.  The URL
is http://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us.

I would acquaint myself with the Public Ada Library (PAL), a
repository of reusable Ada components and Ada information.  There you
can find examples of Ada code to help you get a quicker feel for how
problems are solved using Ada.  It is also avalable on various
CD-ROMs.  The URL is http://web.cnam.fr/Languages/Ada/PAL/.

GNAT is a free Ada 95 compiler available for many hardware platforms.
Both the PAL and the Software Engineering host have links for GNAT.


Carl Bowman
Ada Information Clearinghouse
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