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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,b2d36a382ccbeb18 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:00:55 -0500 From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How Would a Hobbyist Learn Ada? References: <3a9d4f94-b432-413d-944f-ccfbc2799075@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:00:55 -0500 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.202.183.17 X-Trace: sv3-i9MuIKyqFEax2FQbvlcrE4LJ6LCtYb5f1LSLKw+o5a9plTvdgCz+CbvOtY6rod1JWFPY6Wo+aFsN8qM!S8wJSV8yc40TrdCgtmfa1ZuE8IdORxFdJY8yIp7N7C5lTlb+sOPXzOkqvm6PABbimOTcnOHenf4c!wcml5BU5v1gnddxbj8w+HtA4mbGheg== X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:574 Date: 2008-06-04T21:00:55-05:00 List-Id: > How about others? Were you a hobbyist when you learned Ada? I was a professional programmer who became curious about Ada after attending a presentation in the early '80s. When I saw an Ada compiler available for the PC for $100 I bought it. I tried various little programs, then a video editor, as a hobby. My first paid Ada app was in fact delivered to the customer in C, but I designed, built, and tested it in Ada, then transcribed to C. (That was Ada 83) Later I made Ada programs (for pay) that were delivered in Ada.