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From: "G.B." <bauhaus@futureapps.invalid>
Subject: Re: Online conceptual/tutorial material for Ada, was: Re: specification file ads problem
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 14:13:36 +0200
Date: 2014-10-06T14:13:36+02:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m0u11e$4g3$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <g9mdnSB1DZGH5a_JnZ2dnUVZ57ydnZ2d@giganews.com>

On 06.10.14 13:08, Peter Chapin wrote:
> On 2014-10-06 03:55, Simon Wright wrote:
>
>>> I wrote this some time ago
>>>
>>> 	http://web.vtc.edu/users/pcc09070/Ada/AdaCrash.pdf
>>>
>>> but it's incomplete and in need of updating/editing.
>>
>> I'd have thought it a good first read. But I'm not a newbie.
>>
>> It's (now) possible to get Libre Office to use hyperlinks in the ToC,
>> which would be a help for the reader ...
>
> That's good to know, thanks. I'll look into that if/when I get around to
> finishing it up.

Would there possibly be some way of introducing Ada's user defined
scalar types earlier?  This would give credit to McCormick's most
prominent finding, namely that use of Ada's user defined scalars
is a real, non-marketing boost in productivity. In particular, this
feature of the Ada language has been found to boost newcomers' results.

  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-06 12:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-05 15:39 specification file ads problem Stribor40
2014-10-05 16:20 ` mockturtle
2014-10-06 21:34   ` Adam Beneschan
2014-10-05 16:29 ` AdaMagica
2014-10-05 16:32 ` Simon Wright
2014-10-05 17:06   ` Online conceptual/tutorial material for Ada, was: " Simon Clubley
2014-10-05 18:44     ` Niklas Holsti
2014-10-05 19:53     ` Peter Chapin
2014-10-06  7:55       ` Simon Wright
2014-10-06 11:08         ` Peter Chapin
2014-10-06 12:13           ` G.B. [this message]
2014-10-06 13:07             ` Peter Chapin
2014-10-06 13:40               ` J-P. Rosen
2014-10-06 22:30             ` Simon Clubley
2014-10-07 18:39               ` Peter Chapin
2014-10-06  8:12     ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
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