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From: Duke Normandin <dukeofperl@ml1.net>
Subject: Re: Ada noob here! Is Ada widely used?
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Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 18:58:01 GMT
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On 2010-05-20, Yannick Duch�ne <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Le Thu, 20 May 2010 15:59:03 +0200, Alex Mentis <asmentis@gmail.com> a  
> �crit:
>> A frequently-cited weakness in the academic area is that there are not
>> a lot
>> of people developing packages for Ada that students can use to achieve
>> a
>> high level of functionality for a low cost (in time) of learning.
>> Students
> I remember Jean-Pierre Rosen, telling how some people think there is not  
> library available in Ada for this and that. He explained most of of times,  
> people was surprised when he gave them a link to the material they were  
> seeking for.
>
> Here is a list of bindings which may be of interest (I'm not using this  
> material myself, so cannot tell more):
> http://archive.adaic.com/docs/flyers/free-bindings.html
>

That URL is not much good - all the links are dead!

Perhaps Ada should have a _real_ home, where it is guaranteed that noob
students, and noob old farts like me will indeed find the resources needed
to make Ada shine! ;)
-- 
Duke
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