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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: border1.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Object Pascal vs Ada -- which is better for a hobbyist? Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:47:35 +0200 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <2b87840a-74a5-4cd7-a32e-7fb18d9cc46b@googlegroups.com> <7bb7562a-dc5f-4292-9502-e4dd0f686c64@googlegroups.com> <8nu4jb5aibjw.sytrhqoe2nuu$.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: Z+UZnJO9e89q1cqW+CZH4Q.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Original-Bytes: 2712 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:183157 Date: 2013-08-27T16:47:35+02:00 List-Id: Le Thu, 04 Jul 2013 20:18:09 +0200, Niklas Holsti = a =C3=A9crit: > Complex functionality that is presented as a library with an API often= > *looks* simple, because the API documentation seldom bothers to explai= n > all the concepts, constraints, and pitfalls, so it looks like there is= a > ready solution (=3D a function call) for every need. This means that y= ou > can start coding something quickly, and only discover the problems > later. In contrast, if you try to learn Ada tasking from the Ada RM, > there is a lot of text, with some complex ideas and issues, plus the > flexible syntax that you have master well enough to select the forms y= ou > need. Better in the end, of course. I agree with Jean=E2=80=91Pierre. Don't suggest one to learn Ada from th= e RM. You = can do it yourself if you know what you do, but don't recommend the same= = to someone else. For a non=E2=80=91beginner (suppose a minimal prior knowledge), a better= starting = point, concise and rather complete except with respect to Ada 2012 is: http://www.adaic.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Ada-Distilled-24-January= -2011-Ada-2005-Version.pdf Then complete it with the introduction to what Ada 2012 added in: http://www.adacore.com/uploads/technical-papers/Ada2012_Rational_Introdu= cion.pdf -- = =E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1] =E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.= =E2=80=9D [1] [1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers= ity