From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 26 Jul 93 18:10:59 GMT From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ennews!mcdphx!schbb s!news@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (David Tannen) Subject: Re: Ada Newbie Message-ID: <1993Jul26.181059.27682@schbbs.mot.com> List-Id: In article 260793115314@ccl-kstar-node.net.yale.edu, heman@minerva.cis.yale.edu (Edgardo I. Nazario) writes: > Hi there! I recently read an article in Inforworld written by Bob Metcalf > (the architect of Ethernet) in which he tries to convince the reader to > switch from C to Ada. Well, I hate C and since I must believe Metcalfe > knows what he's talking about, I am willing to try. However, where do I get > the compiler, tools, etc. Where can I get books on the subject. Do you have > a FAQ for this newsgroup? > > Any info would be greatly appreciated. My E-mail address is > heman@minerva.cis.yale.edu. > > --Gardy-- I would like to recommend the following two books: Software Engineering with Ada by Grady Booch [When I was learning the language I used it to learn how to think as an Ada programmer.] Programming in Ada by JGP Barnes [Ultimate reference manual for Ada. The edition I have also has the Language Reference Manual.] Here are some Commercial PC compilers: Alsys Inc. 1-800-995-2579/617-270-0030 AETECH Inc. 1-619-431-7714 Meridian Software Systems 1-800-653-2522 (least expensive of the 3) --- David Tannen tannend@source.asset.com tannen@tigger.geg.mot.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- "Dependance on wizardry to mitigate the fundamental limitations -- of software is called 'hacking'." Grady Booch. -- -- Writing a MS-Windows application often requires hacking. ----------------------------------------------------------------------