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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7ee10ec601726fbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-07 23:11:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!129.240.148.23!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: is Ada dying? Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 06:11:41 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3BC0F75B.51D32B3@adaworks.com> <9pr8gu0tnf@drn.newsguy.com> <3BC1305D.1C6910C@worldnet.att.net> <9prebb$1on$1@news.service.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1002521501 29334 129.241.83.82 (8 Oct 2001 06:11:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 06:11:41 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13899 Date: 2001-10-08T06:11:41+00:00 List-Id: On Sun, 7 Oct 2001 22:42:01 -0700, Navid Azimi wrote: > I tried to learn Ada a few months ago, and I couldn't even get a straight > answer to what type of compiler exists. Not one person would give me a right > answer, and to this day, I still don't know. I assume you use Windows since you post with Outlook: GNAT for Windows can be found here: http://home.trouwweb.nl/Jerry/ > I found a compiler on the www.adapower.com but it was soo poorly documented > I had no clue how to run it. I couldn't find any examples of quick programs > (hello world) to see how the syntax was, nor was I able to do anything > friendly with it. Which compiler was this. Cannot be GNAT which is very well documented (at least if one reads the docs). > I didn't need a huge-tutorial. I know how to program. I just wanted some > quick points about how to compile/run, how the code (syntax) looks like, and > the few *basic* commands, such as: output, loops, functions. Yet, it was soo > tedious that I have given up. I still am on this newsgroup regulargly > because I enjoy reading Qs and As... http://www.adapower.com/learn/ Did you ever look at: http://adahome.com/Tutorials/Lovelace/lovelace.htm or http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~dale/ada/aln.html now there is a whole book on-line: http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je/adacraft/ Preben Randhol