Re: newbie, Spark 2014 or Ada 2012

[Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>]

Björn Lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> writes:
>>> Python doesn't have Ada's high-reliability features or its
>>> performance, but it's easier to learn and more productive for
>>> slapping small, non-critical projects together.
> That is a matter of taste. I still struggle with python.

Hmm, if you're having specific problems with Python, comp.lang.python
and the Freenode #python channel are pretty helpful.

> And for Arduino, I've used winavr-ada based on avr-ada
> http://sourceforge.net/p/avr-ada/wiki/Home/

How has that been going for you?  I had heard that avr-ada was very
limited.  People usually program AVR's in C.  But I haven't looked into
it much.

> There is a new book out, that discusses ada on arduino.
> http://www.inspirel.com/articles/Ada_On_Cortex.html

There are some ARM-based Arduinos but usually Arduino refers to boards
with 8-bit AVR processors.