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=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!newsfeed1.swip.net!news.astraweb.com!border6.a.newsrouter.astraweb.com!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!voer-me.highwinds-media.com!npeersf03.am4!fx27.fr7.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: From: Mike H Reply-To: Mike Hopkins Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Object Pascal vs Ada -- which is better for a hobbyist? References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8;format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M () NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.104.138.185 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: 1373186849 83.104.138.185 (Sun, 07 Jul 2013 08:47:29 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 08:47:29 UTC Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 09:43:34 +0100 X-Received-Bytes: 1814 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:16136 Date: 2013-07-07T09:43:34+01:00 List-Id: In message , Maurizio Tomasi writes >My advice is to try code something not too complex using one language >and then another: this is the best way to compare them and decide which >one best suits your needs. If you do not know what kind of program to >write, you can get some inspiration from Project Euler >(http://projecteuler.net/) or Programming Praxis >(http://programmingpraxis.com/). > Read an 81 alphanumeric character string. Is it made up of digits in range 1..9 and no other? If so, then consider the 81 digits as being a 9x9 array and check whether that array forms a correct Sudoku solution. -- Mike Hopkins "Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto" = "I am human, (so) I (should) judge nothing of humanity to be strange." Publius Terentius (195/185–159 BC)