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!border2.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!feed.news.qwest.net!mpls-nntp-02.inet.qwest.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.datemas.de!rt.uk.eu.org!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 16:50:31 +0200 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: 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: 1964 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:183158 Date: 2013-08-27T16:50:31+02:00 List-Id: Le Sat, 06 Jul 2013 09:04:12 +0200, Dufr a =C3=A9crit= : > The reasons you guys gave in favor of Ada are all pretty solid, no = > doubt. And yet, I am not fully convinced yet, because: > > a hobbiyst learner needs a lot of support, and from what I have seen = > Object Pascal (in the form of Free Pascal) has a much larger community= = > of enthusiasts than Ada, with a very active forum. Free Pascal, whose semantic depends on compile time option? Not sure it'= s = a good bet=E2=80=A6 (not to mention the documentation which is not alway= s in sync = with what the compiler really do). -- = =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