Re: Ada as a first language

[Gary Scott <garylscott@sbcglobal.net>]

Chris wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I am a mechanical engineer, and I have become interested in robotics 
> embedded systems. I have little experience in this area other that 
> plugging in electronic components and clicking run.
> 
> I had recently started to learn Java, when I found out about Ada. From 
> what I have seen of Ada, I really like the way that the language is 
> structured, that is has a proper standard, and it seems like a good 
> choice for the types of projects that I have in mind.
> 
> I have down loaded GNAT with the GPS IDE, as well as the work bench for 
> eclipse (although I haven't had it working yet), and have been trying to 
> work my way through the examples.
> 
> My concern lies in the smaller community for Ada. As an 
> amateur/hobbyist, am I biting off more than I need to?
I do all this with Intel Visual Fortran.  Most of the APIs are written 
in C, so if you choose any other language than C, interfacing with most 
of the device drivers will be messy.

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