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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,17e99293e94a7e6f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-11 12:05:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!area.cu.mi.it!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.stueberl.de!uucp.gnuu.de!newsfeed.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de!not-for-mail From: als@usenet.thangorodrim.de (Alexander Schreiber) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Another ammunition References: <3E1AD475.A835B07E@adaworks.com> Organization: Not all that much Reply-To: als@usenet.thangorodrim.de Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.2 (Linux) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 19:29:13 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Jan 2003 21:05:08 MET NNTP-Posting-Host: 145.254.189.46 X-Trace: DXC=hQ7n[2R`ee2g0XoR1BOW]<:ejgIfPPld4jW\KbG]kaM8XSE8@R32@O0I7bJLNR;H>30QU5b\O8W:Ock\dcAA1 X-Complaints-To: abuse@arcor-online.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32924 Date: 2003-01-11T21:05:08+01:00 List-Id: Richard Riehle wrote: >Alexander Schreiber wrote: > >> For me, Ada is an interesting and powerful language - but I still need >> to find the time to do more than write the canonical "Hello world" in >> Ada. > >Complaints of this kind are one reason I wrote "Ada Distilled." It is >intended as an easy way for experienced programmers to try out >different programs with a minimum of prowling through long textual >explanations. You can download it from www.adaic.org or >www.adapower.com. Downloaded, added to my local digital library and reading it now. Thanks. Regards, Alex. -- "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison