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 10.224.37.3 with SMTP id v3mr8584870qad.2.1373094252463; Sat, 06 Jul 2013 00:04:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.49.82.50 with SMTP id f18mr294823qey.22.1373094252445; Sat, 06 Jul 2013 00:04:12 -0700 (PDT) Path: border1.nntp.ams3.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams2.giganews.com!border3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!news.glorb.com!t19no553546qam.0!news-out.google.com!f7ni1003qai.0!nntp.google.com!t19no553544qam.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 00:04:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Object Pascal vs Ada -- which is better for a hobbyist? From: Dufr Injection-Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 07:04:12 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Original-Bytes: 2783 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:182294 Date: 2013-07-06T00:04:12-07:00 List-Id: The reasons you guys gave in favor of Ada are all pretty solid, no doubt. A= nd yet, I am not fully convinced yet, because: a hobbiyst learner needs a lot of support, and from what I have seen Object= Pascal (in the form of Free Pascal) has a much larger community of enthusi= asts than Ada, with a very active forum. The Ada community consists mostly in highly-qualified professionals (engine= ers, scientists, etc), whose contributions are very valuable, BUT perhaps n= ot so useful for a hobbyist. By simply comparing this Ada Google Group with Free Pascal / Lazarus forums= , one can quickly see that, apart from being much more active, the Free Pas= cal=20 forum has myriads of posts of a very practical nature (tons of code snippet= s, problems and solutions, etc). In short, one really gets one's hands dirt= y quick with the Free Pascal's forum. By contrast, the posts on this Google Group are, one the whole, much more t= echnical and abstract. This is not to find fault with them, of course. I am just wondering whether Ada, which is no doubt a superior language from= the technical point of view, is really for me - considering all the practi= cal hurdles that a learner has to face, vis-a-vis the fact that the expecta= tion of receiving practical support from the Ada community *seems* more lim= ited than with Object Pascal. I hope no one gets offended by this post. Feel free to criticize and debunk my assumptions. Cheers