From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_40,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Received: by 2002:ac8:5e08:: with SMTP id h8mr2218201qtx.66.1634932846409; Fri, 22 Oct 2021 13:00:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a05:6902:50c:: with SMTP id x12mr2095637ybs.139.1634932846212; Fri, 22 Oct 2021 13:00:46 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.swapon.de!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!209.85.160.216.MISMATCH!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 13:00:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2a02:1206:4596:5040:b493:883d:379d:662e; posting-account=gRqrnQkAAAAC_02ynnhqGk1VRQlve6ZG NNTP-Posting-Host: 2a02:1206:4596:5040:b493:883d:379d:662e References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ada versus Pascal From: Gautier write-only address Injection-Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:00:46 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:63057 List-Id: > What degree of learning curve is there to learn Ada, coming from a > Pascal background? What kind of rough timeframes to get comfortable with > programming without always looking to the manuals? You don't need to read more manuals than you were used for Pascal (so, it can be a wide range, depending on your way of learning). The most outstanding difference between both languages is the degree of unification. Here a couple of links, with a Pascal-then-Ada perspective, that could be useful: http://p2ada.sourceforge.net/pascada.htm http://p2ada.sourceforge.net/