To program in Ada we are going to use gnat-gcc to get started now try Quick Start. The Ada Reference Manual is a very important reference book but the examples are buried all through it. So I have tried to dig them out and put them together and write some explanations so as to produce a more hands on manual here Ada Language. Just I haven't done any explanations so really its only useful to look at some out of context syntax. A search on google for gnat-gcc turns up a lot of stuff. Having now bought the book "Ada 2005" by John Barnes which is almost the only book! It appears to be pretty good in that the first four chapters whistle through everything and later chapters deal with things in greater detail. As a fluent C programmer it works for me. What I like about Ada;
What I don't like about Ada;
Here are links to two important websites and some links to pages on those websites that look particularly interesting. The Ada Information Clearing House; Libre - free software and open source development with Ada;
Some other important links are;
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