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: 103376,442a61fa28886220 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-15 07:50:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!peernews3.colt.net!newsfeed.stueberl.de!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!uio.no!newsfeed.kolumbus.fi!newsfeed2.funet.fi!newsfeeds.funet.fi!luotsi.uku.fi!not-for-mail From: Jarimatti Valkonen Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada for a programming newb. Date: 15 Sep 2003 14:46:23 GMT Organization: University of Kuopio, Finland Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.168.55.80 X-Trace: luotsi.uku.fi 1063637183 178946 192.168.55.80 (15 Sep 2003 14:46:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@luotsi.uku.fi NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Sep 2003 14:46:23 GMT User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:42525 Date: 2003-09-15T14:46:23+00:00 List-Id: 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): , as I am currently reading it and have found it quite good. -- Jarimatti