Re: How difficult is ada to learn?

"Sm704" writes:
> How difficult is the Ada programming language to learn? I have
> Pascal/Object pascal experience, and want to move to a new language
> soon. C/C++ is too scary for my tastes. I was considering either Ada
> or modula2 as my next language. How does Ada compare in power to
> modula2 and the Borland's dialect of Pascal?
>
> Thanks

I would say:

Pascal < Modula-2 < Object-Pascal < Ada

But, if you know Object-Pascal, learning Ada won't be too difficult
for you. The main areas where you'll learn new things are tasking and
the Ada way of doing OOP.

I suggest you read the following article, which will help you:

http://homepage.sunrise.ch/mysunrise/gdm/pascada.htm

HTH

--
Ludovic Brenta.

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