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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3885b7fd66a1db28 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-20 21:44:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!proxad.net!teaser.fr!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: sk Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why is Ada NOT a good choice for a beginner to programming? Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 23:44:19 -0600 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1040449453 81214 137.194.161.2 (21 Dec 2002 05:44:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 05:44:13 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020828 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32137 Date: 2002-12-20T23:44:19-06:00 Hi, Since the topic is "... NOT a good choice ...", here is a primary reason not to choose Ada, it is antisocial. You will alienate yourself from your colleagues because, whilst they are pulling their hair out, getting ulcers and generally shortening their lives by debugging at 2AM, you will be at home with several hours of sleep already completed. This is not a good position to be in, it causes resentment. Do not choose Ada as your programming language if you wish to gain the respect of your (prematurely old) peers. > 3) ... dialect ... Other than experimental efforts and what ifs, there is only Ada, no dialects. The vendor provided auxilary libraries are about the only variations, but not to the language itself. Since you profess to being a beginner and you are working with Win'98, I would play with the supplied (I think) QBasic to get a feel for programming. Once you have a better feel for what you would like to try, learned the limitations and strengths of Basic, choose a language most suitable for your goals based on its strength and weaknesses. That said, Win'98, an MS-DOS window (set at 80x52) and your favorite editor and GNAT installed is all you need. Also the RR Software line is targeted for Wintel platforms and you might look at it. -- -- -- Merge vertically for real address -- ------------------------------------ -- s n p @ t . o -- k i e k c c m ------------------------------------