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From: lemchens@lemmies.lb.bawue.de (arvids lemchens)
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Subject: Re: Why is Ada NOT a good choice for a beginner to programming?
Date: 21 Dec 2002 09:39:00 +0100
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Hi David,

davidw@uq.net.au am 21.12.02 um 13:30 in comp.lang.ada:
> 1) A free (preferably) downloadable programming environment that is installs
> without fuss and instability

GNAT, ...

Take a look at:

http://www.ada95.ch/compiler/compiler.html

> 2) Good online and hardcopy support (tutorials and textbooks) for a BEGINNER
> PROGRAMMER per se, not just beginners with that LANGUAGE

There are plenty of Ada-tutorials on the web at different
difficultylevels. Try google.

Also there are books, real Paper, for real Beginners.

e.g.:

"Ada 95 Problem Solving and Program Design" Feldman/Koffman
ISBN: 0-201-36123-X

"Ada 95 From the Beginning" Skansholm
ISBN: 0-201-40376-5

and may be some others I don't know of.

Try google and/or amazon.

> 3) An online community that has a tradition of supporting such beginners to
> programming.

May be, comp.lang.ada?

> Specific Questions:
> 1) Am I not giving Ada sufficient credit for being a suitable entry-level
> language for a BEGINNING PROGRAMMER?

Yes.

> 2) Would you recommend that I immerse myself in either BASIC (QBasic) or
> PASCAL (Borland TP7) for a couple of years (yes, OK... forget BASIC ;D) and
> THEN springboard to Ada?

No, Ada should be ok, as in the beginning you do not need to use all
features but can start with a subset of the possibilities..

MvfG,

Arvids