From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsd!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!trwrc!agnew From: agnew@trwrc.UUCP (Robert A. Agnew) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: study book for learning Ada Summary: Good Ada Book for Pascal/Modula types Keywords: studybook Message-ID: <329@trwrc.UUCP> Date: 4 Mar 89 01:20:12 GMT References: <409@prles2.UUCP> Organization: TRW-MEAD, San Diego, Ca. List-Id: In article <409@prles2.UUCP>, nobody@prles2.UUCP (nobody) writes: > Can someone call a study book for learning Ada? I have designed and programmed > for about six years, mostly bottom-up and object oriented approach designs. > The language I used was HP-Pascal, a language nearer to Modula2 than to Pascal. > Also I'm not unfamilair with Modula2. > > These are my credentials. Is there any hope for me? :-). > > If possible, please enclose the ISBN of the book within. > > Thank you in advance, > > Albert Willemsen. > Philips Research Labs, Eindhoven. > The Netherlands. "Ada for Experienced Programmers" by A. Nico Habermann & Dewayne E. Perry. Addison Wesley, 1983 in paperback. ISNB 0-201-11481-X. I've used it for many years and recommended it to many people, all of whom seem to have been pleased. The book is mis-titled in my opinion and would have been more accurately titled "Ada for Experienced Pascal Programmers". All of the examples in the book, and there is a wealth of practical ones, are presented first in Pascal, then in Ada so that one may get a side- by-side comparison. It is written at a software engineering level and as such contains substantially more than a good reference such as Barnes. Do not misunderstand me, Barnes is great for a quick reference when you don't have the energy to pour through the LRM, but Habermann & Perry has much more to teach. As a follow-on or for an accompanying course in advanced applications or just as a "cookbook" there is "Software Components with Ada" by Grady Booch, Benjamin Cummings Publishing Co., 1987. ISBN 0-8053-0610-2 Bob Agnew agnew@trwrc.rc.trw.com