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From: Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57) on 20 May 2010 17:37 Le Thu, 20 May 2010 21:35:16 +0200, Duke Normandin <dukeofperl(a)ml1.net> a écrit: > Well! Doesn't _that_ just suck! Tell me more about these "various > factors" - > off this NG if you prefer. I need to make an informed decision as to > whether > or not I should continue learning Ada. Suggestion : I suppose you came to Ada later after others (this was probably not the âmust-have cool stuffâ many people recommended to you first). You may use to think âWhy is this and that so much clumsy stupid and so much non-logic with this XYZ language or paradigm ?â. Then, may be you though to switch to something else after some any times, because of many and any reasons. So, what about just have a try and see if, let say, next year, you will have some reason to leave this language and paradigm ? What about just try and see if the experience gonna be same or different ? -- There is even better than a pragma Assert: a SPARK --# check.
From: Duke Normandin on 20 May 2010 18:58 @Yannick @Dmitry Thank you for your comments and insights! Ada continues to attrack me; but so does Miranda ( and Giselle and Sophie ....) ;) -- Duke *** Tolerance becomes a crime, when applied to evil [Thomas Mann] ***
From: Gautier write-only on 20 May 2010 19:17 On May 20, 8:58 pm, Duke Normandin wrote: > >http://archive.adaic.com/docs/flyers/free-bindings.html > > That URL is not much good - all the links are dead! > > Perhaps Ada should have a _real_ home, where it is guaranteed that noob > students, and noob old farts like me will indeed find the resources needed > to make Ada shine! ;) That's exactly the problem with web homes: they need lots of maintenance. Once the time for it is gone, they become ghost homes - to begin with dead links... I could cite around 4-5 absolutely definitive enthusiastic "Ada homes" at different stage of abandon... The wiki's Manuel is citing are in a better shape because of a better concept. Other good places to chase resources are also non Ada-centric sites: http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/?&fq[]=trove%3A163 http://freshmeat.net/tags/ada ? G.
From: Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57) on 20 May 2010 19:46 Le Fri, 21 May 2010 01:17:45 +0200, Gautier write-only <gautier_niouzes(a)hotmail.com> a écrit: > I could cite around 4-5 absolutely definitive enthusiastic "Ada homes" > at different stage of abandon... If he is really new to Ada, not sure he will understand this sentence, hihihi. One Minute Silence .... ...... Rest in peace AdaHome, We will all miss you for eternity âSo say we all!â -- There is even better than a pragma Assert: a SPARK --# check.
From: Marc A. Criley on 20 May 2010 20:30
On 05/20/2010 06:17 PM, Gautier write-only wrote: > Other good places to chase resources are also non Ada-centric sites: > > http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/?&fq[]=trove%3A163 > http://freshmeat.net/tags/ada While not so much an explicit *resource* site, the Ada sub-reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/ada) contains links to articles, discussions, software libraries, projects, and is just a potpourri of Ada goodness. Just start paging back through the submissions... Submissions are welcome from any and all Ada fans. Marc A. Criley Moderator, Ada Sub-reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/ada |