Re: How Would a Hobbyist Learn Ada?

[Ankur Sethi <get.me.ankur@gmail.com>]

Thanks for the pointers. I'm going off to read a Ada95 tutorial right
now ...

> I find a little bit clearer the "Annotated" version.

Just found it. I must say it is much more readable. In fact, not much
different from the Python reference.

> Most important (at least for me): pick a problem and start
> programming.

I generally try my hand at online-judge-type problems when I learn a
language. I did this for C, C++ and Python. I'll probably do the same
for Ada, then move on to something complex.

> I also would suggest taking a problem which requires multitasking.  If you
> ever wrote multitasking programs in C/C++, you will fall in love with Ada
> at once...  Also, try the "generic" programming and experience the
> difference with C++ templates...

I'm afraid I'm not that advanced a programmer yet. I never got to
understanding templates in C++, and nothing of that sort was ever
required in Python. But I've decided to learn every bit of Ada I can.
There must be at least one language I should master, and who knows,
Ada might be it!