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 10.55.25.100 with SMTP id k97mr12326529qkh.21.1509327674078; Sun, 29 Oct 2017 18:41:14 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.157.15.247 with SMTP id m52mr642683otd.1.1509327674045; Sun, 29 Oct 2017 18:41:14 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!news.snarked.org!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!k31no5202616qta.1!news-out.google.com!r5ni5463qtc.1!nntp.google.com!z50no5186812qtj.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 18:41:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9f38d670-3e84-4faa-be5a-0019068e96be@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2601:18f:900:f900:890b:5da7:fc3a:7d41; posting-account=3pYsyQoAAACcI-ym7XtMOI2PDU8gRZS5 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2601:18f:900:f900:890b:5da7:fc3a:7d41 References: <454a2aa4-89a6-4495-96cd-2e73df93f135@googlegroups.com> <9f38d670-3e84-4faa-be5a-0019068e96be@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Is there any other forum for Ada? From: Andrew Shvets Injection-Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 01:41:14 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:48653 Date: 2017-10-29T18:41:13-07:00 List-Id: On Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 6:42:35 PM UTC-4, Lucretia wrote: > On Sunday, 29 October 2017 19:42:30 UTC, tclwa...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi > > > > I googled, and this is the only Ada forum that I found > > Is there any other active forum > > There is #Ada on Freenode. > > > I would like to discuss, some ... non technical topics about Ada > > I am learning Ada out of curiosity, and while I doubt that I will ever > > use it at work > > > > I still would like to learn more about its commercial license > > You can use the FSF GNAT commercially for free. > > > Should I really worry about Adacore and the commercial licensing cost? > > Nah, just avoid their GPL'd compiler version and their GPL'd libs in anything you do commercially. > > > I would also like to ask about general stuff, like is there a roadmap for Ada, is there plans for Ada2020 for example, what are the new features planned for newer Ada releases? > > There is an Ada Issues for 2012 database on which details amendments for 2020, including parallel loops and blocks. > > > Anyway, is there a forum where I cant discuss these things without feeling guilty > > This forum, seems too technically focused, and I dont want to .. waste anyone's time > > Have you seen some of the posts on here? I wouldn't worry about that. > > Luke. I wrote an intro Ada book last year. Here it is: https://www.amazon.com/Introductory-Ada-Programming-Book-Programmers-ebook/dp/B01N6D5TPE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1509327556&sr=8-2&keywords=ada+programming In it I talk about how to install an Ada compiler in Windows and in Linux (it's an appendix at the very end.) Yes, you can accuse of hawking my wares and no I am not innocent of this. But it will help the OP in his Ada learning adventure.