Re: 4 beginner's questions on the PL Ada

[Eryndlia Mavourneen <eryndlia@gmail.com>]

On Saturday, August 10, 2013 1:03:20 AM UTC-5, Jeffrey Carter wrote:
> On 08/09/2013 07:45 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> 
> . . . 
> With the exception of Annex A (which describes the Ada.* hierarchy), the ARM is 
> not very good for learning the language. For that I'd recommend some of the 
> . . .

I really have to disagree.  I learned Ada from the LRM and, in fact, was able to use tasking with task types, U_D, record bit fields, operating system (kernel) modification, etc.  With a few exceptions, I have found the LRM to be clear, concise, and deliberative. After all, it *is* the international standard for the Ada language and at least used to be the USA's military programming language standard.

I have little patience for questions that are trivially answered in the LRM.  I also, however, don't believe in beating my head against a wall for many hours trying to understand something that someone else can easily answer.  There is a balance here, and individuals fall on one side or the other.  I do believe, though, that too many people are either lazy or possibly discouraged by the really badly laid-out and written reference manuals for other languages.  I'm guilty, too.  :-)

-- Eryndlia (KK1T)