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From: balmacara9@aol.com (Balmacara9)
Subject: Re: Free or discounted Ada compilers for students
Date: 1997/10/30
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>Subject: Free or discounted Ada compilers for students
>From: "James H. Robinson, III" <robinsoj@anser.org>
>Date: Mon, Sep 29, 1997 14:46 EDT
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>I am a graduate student at George Mason University who is learning Ada for
>the first time.  Are there any recommended free or discounted Ada compilers
>for novice graduate students like myself?  I would like to use an Ada
>compiler on Windows NT 4.0.
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>Also, I know Visual Basic fairly well.  Are there any recommended books
>specializing in the transition from VB to Ada?
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There is a book called "Ada as a second langauge", but it reads more like a
 reference and book of examples. If you are planning to do work in Ada83
 exclusively, I recommend you buy the older Ada 83 edition because you will
 have to differentiate between 83 and 95 in the new edition.

You should also get a copy of the Ada 83 LRM and/or Ada 95 LRM.

For a tutorial, alot of people like th Barnes book. I started with Booch
 because it was given to me for free.