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On 2015-07-06 09:04, nomadfate@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, July 5, 2015 at 3:30:27 PM UTC-10, Paul Rubin wrote:
>> nomadlite@gmail.com writes:
>>> I am new to Ada.
>>> I am choosing my hobby programming language for system programming.  I
>>> am doing programming for a hobby. It is going to be Java, python, VB
>>> .Net or Ada/Spark.
>>
>> If you don't have a clear direction yet, I'd say that Ada probably isn't
>> the best place to start.  Python doesn't have Ada's high-reliability
>> features or its performance, but it's easier to learn and more
>> productive for slapping small, non-critical projects together. 

That is a matter of taste. I still struggle with python.

> Ada is
>> for when you need large scale organization and deeper control and
>> assurance about what the code is doing. 

Yes that too.
But not only that.
It is great for one-man-shows too.

> 
> Thank you for your reply.
> I am not new to programming. I went to basic programming classes when I was in school.
> I am more interested in micro-controller and electronic stuff.
> I have 2 years Electronic A.S. degree. I don't like math so Haskell is
> not for me. I guess my language choice is going to be Ada, C,
> or assembly for now. Java have Java ME for embedded systems and
> Python have Raspberry Pi system so Python and Java are still on my
watch list.
> 

if you get an RPi and do sudo apt-get install gnat,
you the have an ada compiler omboard your R-pi.
I use that quite a lot.

And for Arduino, I've used winavr-ada
based on avr-ada
http://sourceforge.net/p/avr-ada/wiki/Home/

There is a new book out, that
discusses ada on arduino.

http://www.inspirel.com/articles/Ada_On_Cortex.html

It also points to the possibility to not cross-compile, if you develop
an a R-pi.

--
Björn