Re: What's ADA?

[johnherro@aol.com (John Herro)]

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����RM��@Earth.com asks:
> Can anyone please explain to me
> what is ADA? Thanks.
     Ada is a programming language - in my very strong opinion, the best
programming language of them all!  Originally developed for military
applications, especially large embedded systems, Ada turned out to be an
ideal general-purpose programming language as well.
     Ada catches errors at compile time that other languages catch only at
run time, or not at all.  Also, Ada programs tend to be easier to read,
and easier to modify a month or a year later.
     Ada was named for Augusta Ada Byron, countess of Lovelace.  She
worked with Babbage on his Analytical Engine, and has been called the
world's first programmer.
     At the Web address and the FTP addresse below my signature, you can
download a shareware Ada tutorial.  It's written in Ada, and includes
source code.  It will run on a PC without an Ada compiler, and on any
other computer with an Ada compiler.  There are also free on-line Ada
tutorials at http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada/Tutorials/Lovelace/lovelace.html
and at http://www.scism.sbu.ac.uk/law/lawhp.html.
     Learn Ada; you'll like it!  I no longer like to program in anything
else!
- John Herro
Software Innovations Technology
http://members.aol.com/AdaTutor
ftp://members.aol.com/AdaTutor