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 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bill Findlay Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Object Pascal vs Ada -- which is better for a hobbyist? Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 16:49:08 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net dhBN02NY0V/+Zr6w7JCeqwK4NtR0ulMCKCiLKmiriFJMLpQm7J Cancel-Lock: sha1:A/2ZVn2FElSKImITwfsGvzyaUV0= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: Object Pascal vs Ada -- which is better for a hobbyist? Thread-Index: Ac54zgTVh/T6xg4CNkO5F947dwuKoQ== Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:16106 Date: 2013-07-04T16:49:08+01:00 List-Id: On 04/07/2013 07:59, in article b478db8c-2eda-43fc-a3b3-aeca2a634bf2@googlegroups.com, "Dufr" wrote: > Which is better for an amateur programmer, Object Pascal or Ada? > > My worry about Ada is that it will entail too much overhead in terms of > learning, because of the strict rules, whereas programming in Object Pascal is > said to be easier. Or, at least, this is what I have heard. > Is my understanding correct? > > Is there a reason why I may want to prefer Ada over Object Pascal (again, > remembering that I am just a hobbyist)? Yes. Ada is a vastly better and more capable language, and because of that it is easier to learn and use than Pascal, not the reverse. (Strict rules are good for you, by the way; Pascal has strict rules too.) This opinion is founded on many years of teaching both to beginners. -- Bill Findlay with blueyonder.co.uk; use surname & forename;