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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.224.55.200 with SMTP id v8mr6066173qag.7.1372921166360; Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:59:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.49.12.141 with SMTP id y13mr113022qeb.41.1372921166308; Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:59:26 -0700 (PDT) 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.bbs-scene.org!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.11.MISMATCH!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!t19no308994qam.0!news-out.google.com!f7ni806qai.0!nntp.google.com!t19no308989qam.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 23:59:26 -0700 (PDT) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2.230.82.82; posting-account=GfZx5woAAADTB-o-XOdlp4UQ5ID5xKzF NNTP-Posting-Host: 2.230.82.82 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Object Pascal vs Ada -- which is better for a hobbyist? From: Dufr Injection-Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 06:59:26 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Received-Bytes: 1408 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:16098 Date: 2013-07-03T23:59:26-07:00 List-Id: 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)? Thanks