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=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,PLING_QUERY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,b6d862eabdeb1fc4 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!feeder.erje.net!news.musoftware.de!wum.musoftware.de!news.tornevall.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada noob here! Is Ada widely used? Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 13:21:23 -0700 Organization: TornevallNET - http://news.tornevall.net Message-ID: References: <7GwJn.4712$z%6.3258@edtnps83> <4bf6e7fb$0$2354$4d3efbfe@news.sover.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: b0b83d7ed7f7d72f4f4cfcb32c3da7f3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: f315e709a1a66885d5c81427f5a3d99e X-Complaints-To: abuse@tornevall.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100411) X-Complaints-Language: Spoken language is english or swedish - NOT ITALIAN, FRENCH, GERMAN OR ANY OTHER LANGUAGE! In-Reply-To: <4bf6e7fb$0$2354$4d3efbfe@news.sover.net> X-Validate-Post: http://news.tornevall.net/validate.php?trace=f315e709a1a66885d5c81427f5a3d99e X-SpeedUI: 1738 X-Complaints-Italiano: Non abbiamo padronanza della lingua italiana - se mandate una email scrivete solo in Inglese, grazie X-Posting-User: 0243687135df8c4b260dd4a9a93c79bd Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:11855 Date: 2010-05-21T13:21:23-07:00 List-Id: Peter C. Chapin wrote: > > It depends on what you are trying to do, but Ada is a more general language. > Unless you have a specific need to use SPARK I would suggest starting with > full Ada. There's also the fact that everything for learning SPARK that I've seen assumes familiarity with Ada. On the other hand, if one learns the discipline needed to use SPARK well 1st, it will certainly benefit one's use of other languages, including Ada. -- Jeff Carter "C's solution to this [variable-sized array parameters] has real problems, and people who are complaining about safety definitely have a point." Dennis Ritchie 25