Ada Books: McGraw-Hill

Ada Books: McGraw-Hill

[Kenneth Mays]

Posted on comp.lang.ada on May 22, 1996. (kmays@msn.com)

I was reviewing books on Ada programming and ran across these two 
books. These books cover different areas but are the best I have seen 
"so far". Please email me if you have found a better book dealing 
with the related field.

Ken L. Mays (kmays@msn.com)

------------> Book #1

Artificial Intelligence with ADA

Louis Baker 
McGraw-Hill
Hard 0-07-003350-1 1989 
361p. 25 Illus. 6 x 9 
$44.00 

** Description **

A useful book for programmers who wish to learn about artificial
intelligence, want to see actual Ada applications, or seek to
develop artificial intelligence applications for ``embedded systems.''
Contains backward and forward chaining, expert system shells,
a precreated Frames database, an ATN natural language parser
with approximately 10,000 lines of code. Also provides a great
deal of Ada code implementing dynamic strings and tree-linked
hash-table manipulation. 

** Audience **

General programmers, consultants, and applications programmers. 

** Contents **

Overview of Artificial Intelligence. Overview of Ada.
Backward-Chaining Expert System Shell. Forward-Chaining
Expert System Shell: Arithmetic. Frames. Syntax and Semantics.
Augmented Transition Network Parser. Conclusion.

-----------> Book #2

Program Smarter, Not Harder:
Get Mission-Critical Projects Right the First Time

Jay Johnson 
Rod Skoglund 
Joe Wisniewski 

McGraw-Hill

Hard 0-07-021232-5 TAB/MCGRAW-HILL 1995 
363p. 52 Illus. 6 x 9 
$40.00 

** Series **

Systems & Design Implementation Series

** Description **

Writing usable code on demand has never been more
important for programmers, particularly in these intensely
competitive times. This guide provides programmers with the
essential tools they need to design mission-critical applications
faster and with greater precision. Techniques such as rapid application
development (RAD), software prototyping, and object-oriented
programming are explained for a variety of platforms and environments,
including networks, OS/2, Windows, xWindows, and DOS. The authors
include tools and code samples in C++ and Ada. Programmers will learn
to boost their productivity with less than half the effort required
by traditional programming methods. 

** Audience **

Non-mainframe programmers.