From: "Dan'l Miller" <optikos@verizon.net>
Subject: Best book to learn ada? assuming openbsd 5.4 amd64 box here
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 06:51:21 -0800 (PST)
Date: 2014-02-20T06:51:21-08:00 [thread overview]
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Where is your starting point? Do you already know, say, Python, C++, Java, or C# very well? If so, then you have enough background to jump into John Barnes's _Programming in Ada 2005_, although I consider his style of wording just a bit stiff, but it is hands down the most revealing comprehensive textbook on Ada (ignoring the _Annotated Ada 2005 Reference Manual_ and _Ada 2005 Rationale_, keeping the focus on Ada 2005 throughout). The Ada 2005 AARM & Rationale are available for free at http://www.adaic.org/ada-resources/standards/ada05. The Ada 2012 AARM & Rationale are available for free at http://www.ada-auth.org/standards/ada12.html.
If your starting point is C without any OO, then Simon Johnston's _Ada95 for C and C++ Programmers_ might be a good starting point to convert your current knowledge. I have read all of the aforementioned books over the years, but here is one at 900 pages & focused on OO in Ada2005 that looks promising that I have not read: Nell Dale's & John McCormick's _Ada Plus Data Structures: An Object-Oriented Approach_.
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2014-02-20 11:00 Best book to learn ada? assuming openbsd 5.4 amd64 box here johannes falcone
2014-02-20 14:51 ` Dan'l Miller [this message]
2014-02-20 20:23 ` jmccormick
2014-02-23 18:15 ` GianLuigi Piacentini
2014-02-23 18:26 ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-02-20 20:46 ` Ludovic Brenta
2014-02-21 5:59 ` Tero Koskinen
2014-02-20 20:59 ` rriehle
2014-02-21 0:00 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-02-21 23:22 ` Jerry
2014-02-22 0:26 ` adambeneschan
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