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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,94bac711cf2950f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-26 17:22:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsgate.cistron.nl!psiuk-p2!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Newbie wanna Ada Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 14:54:01 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9rcbgc$mbo$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3BD87B95.2000703@maciejsobczak.com> <3BD9A519.5040502@maciejsobczak.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1004122444 22904 136.170.200.133 (26 Oct 2001 18:54:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 26 Oct 2001 18:54:04 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15292 Date: 2001-10-26T18:54:04+00:00 List-Id: The big companies get behind their proprietary things because it helps them lock up market share. Good for the stockholders. Bad for consumers. Ada is difficult to lock up because it is an ISO standard and a number of vendors are out there with products - unlike a number of other languages which are either the property of one vendor or have customizations in them that make them non-portable. As for lack of books/etc. on the shelves of major stores? That is a quandary. However there are a few things to do. One is to call a few of your local bookstores and ask them if they have any. Enough calls starts indicating demand and they'll start looking to stock some material. Another thing is to ask them to special-order books you can find out about here and elsewhere. If you're buying them that definitely indicates demand. A third thing is to visit: http://www.adapower.com/ You will find a wealth of materials pointed to from there. You will discover that there are some fine resources for learning Ada on-line - totally circumventing the Pulp-and-Ink Publishers (Do I get to trademark that one? :-). You will also find sources for compilers, (some free - some at least cheap) source code libraries, tools, etc. If you're interested in learning about Ada, you'll find lots of folks willing to help you out and a number of resources that make it easy to get started. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Maciej Sobczak" wrote in message news:3BD9A519.5040502@maciejsobczak.com... > Hi, > > Thank you very much for your answers. > > I'm convinced now that Ada is quite mature technology with lots of stuff > behind it, although there is no (S)uper (U)niversal (N)etwork of > resellers nor any (M)ajor (S)oftware company like (I)nnocent (B)ig > (M)anufacturer, that would shove big bucks into its development. They'd > rather play fool with their own, non-standard toys. > > Many of my colleagues haven't heard about Ada and it's a vain effort to > find something about it in our bookshops. Not mentioning the employers. > But I'll keep learning and playing with it, there has to be some reason > why big and critical systems are built in Ada, right? > > Regards, > > -- > Maciej Sobczak > http://www.maciejsobczak.com >