From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca>
Subject: Re: Ada for a programming newb.
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:19:37 -0400
Date: 2003-09-18T16:19:37-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <droab.7760$BT1.357296@news20.bellglobal.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pan.2003.09.18.19.33.45.156109@abyss2-nospam.demon.co.uk>
Luke A. Guest wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:31:46 -0700, Isaac Gouy wrote:
>>Kyle Root <kappy044@myrealbox.com> wrote
>>
>>>I was wondering if Ada would be suitable for me.
>>
>>Ada has many excellent qualities.
>>IMHO a smaller language is a better tool for learning about
>>programming.
>
> I disagree. A lot of people have learnt Pascal first, I think that is a
...
As you can see, it is hard to get agreement on a language (its
like getting people to agree on text editors!) Learning Ada
can be fun.
The best way to get started is to start with simple programming
assignments (using good books). Don't try to do too much at
first. There will be plenty of time to branch out later!
You might take some old BASIC book from the library, and
try to program those assignments in Ada. Once you master
the basics, you can progressively stretch your wings.
--
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg
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Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-14 20:36 Ada for a programming newb Kyle Root
2003-09-14 21:15 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-09-14 21:29 ` Ludovic Brenta
2003-09-15 14:46 ` Jarimatti Valkonen
2003-09-18 17:31 ` Isaac Gouy
2003-09-18 19:33 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-09-18 20:19 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG [this message]
2003-09-18 20:30 ` chris
2003-09-19 1:38 ` Mark Lorenzen
2003-09-19 3:17 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-09-19 14:25 ` chris
2003-09-19 15:09 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-09-19 15:12 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-09-19 15:13 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-09-19 15:42 ` Preben Randhol
2003-09-19 18:00 ` Stephane Richard
2003-09-21 1:16 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-09-19 15:51 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-09-22 12:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-09-22 12:04 ` chris
2003-09-22 12:33 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-09-22 12:28 ` Stephane Richard
2003-09-22 19:37 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-09-23 9:30 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2003-09-23 17:49 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-09-24 9:53 ` Preben Randhol
2003-09-19 1:44 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-09-19 13:30 ` Isaac Gouy
2003-09-19 3:09 ` Isaac Gouy
2003-09-19 21:40 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-09-21 15:09 ` Isaac Gouy
2003-09-19 16:34 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-09-19 23:57 ` Isaac Gouy
2003-09-20 7:20 ` Anders Wirzenius
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