Re: Ada for a programming newb.

[Jarimatti Valkonen <javalkon@hytti.uku.fi>]

Kyle Root wrote:
> What do you think?
(What would you expect in comp.lang.ada? :) )

Judging from my experiences, I would suggest Ada. I've been learning
(with various rates of success) C++, Scheme, Perl and now Ada. I'm only
a beginner in Ada, but it seems to be my language of choise for any
serious programming.

Why? Because the strict rules of the language, which protect me from
stupid mistakes (you can't mix velocity with force unintentionally).
Because of easy extendability (packages). And, most important of all,
because of the state of mind that things should be done well in the
first place.

I also suggest for starting (somebody mentioned it already):
<URL: http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je/adacraft/preface.htm>, as I am
currently reading it and have found it quite good.

-- 
Jarimatti