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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.66.164.225 with SMTP id yt1mr31226553pab.32.1438014764146; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 09:32:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.182.44.163 with SMTP id f3mr268156obm.7.1438014764035; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 09:32:44 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!news.ripco.com!news.glorb.com!f3no3583915igg.0!news-out.google.com!o13ni3913igw.0!nntp.google.com!f3no3583906igg.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 09:32:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=50.138.108.113; posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU NNTP-Posting-Host: 50.138.108.113 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <8f0c3dfa-89a8-4758-8dd2-ed55765556f1@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Doing Ada right? From: David Botton Injection-Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:32:44 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:27035 Date: 2015-07-27T09:32:43-07:00 List-Id: > So, how do you become really good at Ada? 1) If learning Ada read - Ada Distilled - see http://LearnAdaNow.com for links 2) If already know or done with #1 - learn to be "type centric" in your development (here is an interesting article - http://blog.kickin-the-darkness.com/2007/08/fundamental-theory-of-ada.html) Ada understood the importance of type long before Haskell ever came along and does it in a way that allows for imperative programming so reuse from readability is a reality. (I'm sure some math centric people believe Haskell is readable...) David Botton