Does anyone know a good book for learning Ada?

Does anyone know a good book for learning Ada?

[Jon Seidman]

I am a computer science student, and I want to learn more languages.  Does
anyone know of a good book from which to learn Ada?

Thanks,
Jon Seidman

Re: Does anyone know a good book for learning Ada?

[Tom Moran]

>I am a computer science student
With how much experience?  Do you want in intro text, one for soembody
already skilled in language X, or what?

Re: Does anyone know a good book for learning Ada?

[Kenneth W. Sodemann]

Jon Seidman wrote in message ...
>I am a computer science student, and I want to learn more languages.  Does
>anyone know of a good book from which to learn Ada?
>

Depends upon your level.  What do you already know?

Ada as a Second Language by Cohen is good (get the second edition, which
covers Ada95, but the first edition covering Ada83 is good too).

Ada95 for C and C++ Programmers by ?Johnston? (I think) seems to be a good
book (I have not gotten too far into it yet) if you have a C or C++
background.  This book is a little lighter than the Cohen book, but it is
also faster paced, and will probably get you up and programming quicker
(also, it comes with a "student" version of a commercially available Ada
compiler).  This book is being used in a course I am auditing, and so far it
seems to be OK.

I have one at home called something like "Object Oriented Programming in
Ada95" by Smith (again, not sure on the author either).  This book came free
with my compiler.  I would only suggest that you get this one if are an
absolute beginner.  Otherwise, if you are going to be spending your own
money for a book, Cohen or Johnston will give you more bang for your buck.

I have evaluated others, but didn't think enough of them to suggest someone
actually pay money for them.

Good luck!

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Re: Does anyone know a good book for learning Ada?

[Kenneth W. Sodemann]

Jon Seidman wrote in message ...
>I am a computer science student, and I want to learn more languages.  Does
>anyone know of a good book from which to learn Ada?
>

Depends upon your level.  What do you already know?

Ada as a Second Language by Cohen is good (get the second edition, which
covers Ada95, but the first edition covering Ada83 is good too).

Ada95 for C and C++ Programmers by ?Johnston? (I think) seems to be a good
book (I have not gotten too far into it yet) if you have a C or C++
background.  This book is a little lighter than the Cohen book, but it is
also faster paced, and will probably get you up and programming quicker
(also, it comes with a "student" version of a commercially available Ada
compiler).  This book is being used in a course I am auditing, and so far it
seems to be OK.

I have one at home called something like "Object Oriented Programming in
Ada95" by Smith (again, not sure on the author either).  This book came free
with my compiler.  I would only suggest that you get this one if are an
absolute beginner.  Otherwise, if you are going to be spending your own
money for a book, Cohen or Johnston will give you more bang for your buck.

I have evaluated others, but didn't think enough of them to suggest someone
actually pay money for them.

Good luck!

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Re: Does anyone know a good book for learning Ada?

[Philip R Ventura]

In article <u4yDfWQI9GA.134@upnetnews03>,
Jon Seidman <hjs9307@email.msn.com> wrote:
>I am a computer science student, and I want to learn more languages.  Does
>anyone know of a good book from which to learn Ada?
>
>Thanks,
>Jon Seidman
>
>
>

Programming in Ada 95 by John G. P. Barnes is excellent both as a
reference and as a tutorial.  It is the book I use in teaching our
junior-level programming languages class here at SUNY Buffalo.

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Re: Does anyone know a good book for learning Ada?

[Stanley R. Allen]

Jon Seidman wrote:
> 
> I am a computer science student, and I want to learn more
> languages.  Does anyone know of a good book from which to
> learn Ada?
> 

Check out the "books" section at http://www.adahome.com for
a collection of reviews of various Ada books.  I like the
Cohen book _Ada as a Second Language_ but its approach may
not be the best for a beginner: it explains ALL of Ada 95.

Another good start is to download an Ada 95 compiler.
Three are available: GNAT (http://ftp.cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat),
AONIX (http://www.aonix.com), and AppletMagic (which
produces Java byte codes for the Java Virtual Machine in
your browser; see http://www.appletmagic.com).

There are versions of each of these for the PC or Unix.

-- 
Stanley Allen
mailto:s_allen@hso.link.com

Re: Does anyone know a good book for learning Ada?

[Clyde Roby]

Jon Seidman (hjs9307@email.msn.com) wrote:
: I am a computer science student, and I want to learn more languages.  Does
: anyone know of a good book from which to learn Ada?

David Wheeler is the author of a good tutorial book,
Ada 95, The Lovelace Tutorial.
He's also the author of the same thing on the web
http://www.adahome.com/Tutorials/Lovelace/lovelace.htm; try it out!

Otherwise, John Barnes of the UK and Norm Cohen in the USA
(as well as others) have excellent Ada95 textbooks.

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Re: Does anyone know a good book for learning Ada?

[Paul Van Bellinghen]

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> Programming in Ada 95 by John G. P. Barnes is excellent both as a
> reference and as a tutorial.  It is the book I use in teaching our
> junior-level programming languages class here at SUNY Buffalo.
>

I do think Barnes could beef up his index a bit. It would make the book a whole
lot more useful.

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Re: Does anyone know a good book for learning Ada?

[W. Larry Adams, Jr.]

Something else you may consider:

There is an on-line ADA95 tutorial which may be found through the DISA
Center for Computer Systems Engineering Information Clearinghouse (CFCSE-IC)
at http://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us/ (this is a DOD agency).  It seems to
cover the _basics_ well...

W. Larry Adams, Jr.  (adams_l@compsc.cs.mercer.edu)
Access Research Corporation
WR-ALC, Robins AFB, GA



Jon Seidman wrote in message ...
>I am a computer science student, and I want to learn more languages.  Does
>anyone know of a good book from which to learn Ada?
>
>Thanks,
>Jon Seidman
>
>
>