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Luis P. Mendes writes on comp.lang.ada:
> My main doubt is the amount of aid I can get if I embark in the Ada
> ship.

The answer is: plenty.  As other have said, comp.lang.ada is friendly
and crawling with language experts.

> But I surely will give it a try.
> I've read a lot about the language and seen some books.
> Is it or is it not advisable for beginner like me to lear Ada from a 95 
> book? I was thinking in the Ada 95: The Craft of Object-Oriented 
> Programming book.

It is an excellent book for a beginner.  I learned Ada 95 with it and
enjoyed the read even though, by then, I was already fluent in several
other languages.  I recommend this book highly.

> Free resources from the Internet don't seem to include much howtos or
> guides of the 2005 specification.  Or did I miss something?

The Ada Programmin wikibook, as others have said.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.