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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY, XPRIO_SHORT_SUBJ autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,700e3c547aedfa54 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-19 14:05:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!newsfeed.icl.net!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!peernews!peer.cwci.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news2-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <4ezc8.1103$48.60681@e3500-atl1.usenetserver.com> Subject: Re: Ada? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 22:02:32 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.253.13.51 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news2-win.server.ntlworld.com 1014156334 62.253.13.51 (Tue, 19 Feb 2002 22:05:34 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 22:05:34 GMT Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20144 Date: 2002-02-19T22:02:32+00:00 List-Id: "anymous" wrote in message news:4ezc8.1103$48.60681@e3500-atl1.usenetserver.com... > I was thinking about learning ada. I was wondering were the language was > heading. Is it obsolete, or is it still in use, and if it is, what are its > uses. I also know Visual Basic, will this help me any? Thanks for any > info. Try http://www.adapower.com and http://adahome.com/Tutorials/Lovelace/lovelace.htm for more information on the language. You can probably find a link to the public version of the GNAT compiler in adapower, which is good (it's free). Chris