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: 103376,7a79bec70d5a7ace X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-18 01:46:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!news-fra.pop.de!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: New to programming... Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 09:46:11 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <20011217215410.25519.00000176@mb-mi.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1008668771 27983 129.241.83.82 (18 Dec 2001 09:46:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 09:46:11 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.3 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18043 Date: 2001-12-18T09:46:11+00:00 List-Id: On 18 Dec 2001 02:54:10 GMT, Infinity wrote: > Hello. I am a new programmer. I don't know any language at all, but have > decided to learn ada95 for various reasons. I use Windows and have downloaded > the Win32 version of GNAT. I have compiled the sample hello/goodbye world > programs. Now that I have a basic idea of how the compiler works, I want to > learn to write my own programs. > > My question: Is there any good resource on the internet for a complete > beginner such as me to learn ada95 as a first programming language? Also, what > are some good books to purchase? Any other helpful advice will be GREATLY > appreciated. Start with the online book AdaCraft (see link below; first book) and then you can consider getting Ada as A Second Language by Cohen. But I would recommend that you start with AdaCraft first. Short Intro I : http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ada.html Short Intro II : http://www.adaic.com/whyada/ Main Ada site : http://www.adapower.com/ Online Ada 95 book : http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je/adacraft/ Online Ada 95 book II : http://burks.bton.ac.uk/burks/language/ada/ada95.pdf Short Ada tutorial : http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~dale/ada/aln.html A Linux and Ada book : http://www.vaxxine.com/pegasoft/homes/book.html Other books : http://www.adapower.com/learn/ Ada 95 book reviews : http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~mfeldman/ada95books.html Collection of Ada docs : http://www.adapower.net/ada/ ISO Reference Manual : http://www.adapower.com/rm95/ ISO Rational Manual : http://www.adapower.com/rationale/ Quality and Style Guide : http://www.adaic.com/docs/95style/html/cover.html GNU Ada Compiler(GNAT) : http://www.gnat.com/ GNAT for Linux, Dos, NetBSD, OS/2, SCO : http://www.gnuada.org/ GNAT for Windows : http://home.trouwweb.nl/Jerry/ GTKAda ToolKit (GTK+) : http://libre.act-europe.fr/GtkAda/ GNADE Project : http://gnade.sourceforge.net/ Some software projects : http://freshmeat.net/browse/163/ and http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=163 -- () Join the worldwide campaign to protect fundamental human rights. '||} {||' http://www.amnesty.org/