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=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, PLING_QUERY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,b6d862eabdeb1fc4 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!news2.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeed2.telusplanet.net!newsfeed.telus.net!edtnps82.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Duke Normandin Subject: Re: Ada noob here! Is Ada widely used? References: <7GwJn.4712$z%6.3258@edtnps83> <4bf6e7fb$0$2354$4d3efbfe@news.sover.net> <6nEJn.4422$Z6.4323@edtnps82> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Darwin) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 23:53:25 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 75.154.79.143 X-Trace: edtnps82 1274486005 75.154.79.143 (Fri, 21 May 2010 17:53:25 MDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 17:53:25 MDT Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:11866 Date: 2010-05-21T23:53:25+00:00 List-Id: On 2010-05-21, Yannick Duch�ne wrote: > Le Sat, 22 May 2010 01:07:46 +0200, Duke Normandin a > �crit: >> Thanks for putting SPARK in the proper perspective for me. I guessed >> that it >> might be a specialized incarnation of Ada, but wasn't quite sure. > This is far more strict and has far more requirements on the design, it > takes really more long to create an application with SPARK and full > validity conditions proofs. That was the reason to suggest you to start > with Ada, instead of SPARK. Don't bother any way, as on the way to learn > Ada, you will also learn part of SPARK, as the latter relies on the former. > Good point! -- Duke *** Tolerance becomes a crime, when applied to evil [Thomas Mann] ***