Re: learning ada

[LeakyStain <leakstan@erols.com>]

bob wrote:
> 
>         hey everyone, i am a student learning ADA at college right
> now. i am considering going for a master's degree in software
> engineering to go along with a BA in comp. engineering.  i have
> completed a course in ada, and will have one more course this next
> semester.  i really want to get a good knowledge of this language, but
> we never do anything like what everyone talks about in here because it
> is more advanced.  i was wondering what the best way to go about
> learning more in depth of the language, what is the best way?  thanks
> in advance

First, go to www.adahome.com, and browse around a bit, so you know what
sort of resources are available. Work thru the Lovelace tutorial, if you
haven't done that already. Buy one of the recommended books (my favorite
is Cohen's 'Ada as a Second Language'). 

Then pick a program you'd like to write; a card game, a spreadsheet,
whatever turns you on. Start writing it. You'll do it badly, but you
don't need to show it to anyone. Look up anything you don't know how to
do. When you're done, go back and fix it up, so it's more elegant, or
uses some feature of Ada you didn't use the first time (tagged types or
generics or Finalization). Most of all, keep it fun!

> 
> jarrod ross

-- Stephe