Re: Ada for C programmers

[wheeler@aphrodite (David Wheeler)]

Rich Maggio (maggior@world2u.com) wrote:

: When C++ became "all the rage", there came many books targeted to the
: C programmer that was moving to C++ and OO thinking.  Wouldn't one for
: Ada be useful?
:
: I am not saying that C better than Ada or anything, but the fact of
: the matter is that there are LOTS of seasoned C programmers out
: there.  If the idea is to try to "convert" as many C programmers over
: to Ada as possible, wouldn't such a guide/book be valuable to the "Ada
: cause"?  Is there such a book?  Has anyone contemplated putting such a
: book/document together?
:
: If such a book existed, it would have made my life much easier.  I am
: not suggesting that it should be a translation manual, but more of a
: philosophical book.  I found that I had to make some fundamental
: changes about how I looked at a problem in order to solve it with good
: Ada code.

My "Lovelace" tutorial actually has this kind of orientation.
It assumes that the reader already knows another language, most
likely C, C++, or Pascal. Lovelace specifically uses C, C++, and Pascal
examples to help the reader understand areas where they are similar.

Lovelace information is at:
  "http://www.adahome.com/Tutorials/Lovelace/lovelace.htm".