From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,703c4f68db81387d X-Google-Thread: 109fba,703c4f68db81387d X-Google-Thread: 115aec,703c4f68db81387d X-Google-Thread: f43e6,703c4f68db81387d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,gid109fba,gid115aec,gidf43e6,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!proxad.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.multikabel.nl!tudelft.nl!130.161.131.116.MISMATCH!tudelft.nl!transit0.news.tiscali.nl!tiscali!transit1.news.tiscali.nl!dreader2.news.tiscali.nl!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.realtime,comp.software-eng Subject: Re: Teaching new tricks to an old dog (C++ -->Ada) References: <4229bad9$0$1019$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> From: Ludovic Brenta User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 15:11:34 +0100 Message-ID: <8765069o89.fsf@insalien.org> Cancel-Lock: sha1:ynfV9kHkpsKdoc0tVaCefC9cgbc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Tiscali bv NNTP-Posting-Date: 05 Mar 2005 15:11:09 CET NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.134.241.69 X-Trace: 1110031869 dreader2.news.tiscali.nl 44105 83.134.241.69:34215 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tiscali.nl Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8639 comp.lang.c++:44155 comp.realtime:928 comp.software-eng:4459 Date: 2005-03-05T15:11:09+01:00 List-Id: "Turamnvia Suouriviaskimatta" writes: > I 'm following various posting in "comp.lang.ada, comp.lang.c++ , > comp.realtime, comp.software-eng" groups regarding selection of a > programming language of C, C++ or Ada for safety critical real-time > applications. The majority of expert/people recommend Ada for safety > critical real-time applications. I've many years of experience in > C/C++ (and Delphi) but no Ada knowledge. > > May I ask if it is too difficult to move from C/C++ to Ada? What is > the best way of learning Ada for a C/C++ programmer? Your knowledge of Delphi will help a great deal, more than your knowledge of C++. Learning a new imperative language is not all that difficult once you know a couple other imperative languages. I suggest you browse http://www.adaic.org, it has several books and tutorials on-line, as well as references of hardcopy books you can buy. You may be interested in "Ada Distilled" by Richard Riehle. Here is a direct link to it: http://www.adaic.org/docs/distilled/adadistilled.pdf -- Ludovic Brenta.