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On May 23, 11:53 pm, Ankur Sethi <get.me.an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, what would an amateur, cash deprived programmer like me do to
> learn Ada?

Ada for Software Engineers:
http://stwww.weizmann.ac.il/g-cs/benari/books/index.html#ase

Great book IMHO. Even better for the price.

And you might check out this reference card:
http://www.digilife.be/quickreferences/QRC/Ada%20Reference%20Card.pdf

Reading the RM is a skill that comes with time.