Re: Ada - Where to get programs and books (long)

[ncohen@watson.ibm.com (Norman H. Cohen)]

In article <35sdvl$l36@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>, dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM
(David Weller) writes: 

|> In article <35sb2f$592@felix.seas.gwu.edu>,
|> Michael Feldman <mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu> wrote: 
...
|> >Cohen, N. Ada as a Second Language.
|>
|>      Does Norm Cohen have an idea when the second edition of this
|>      book will be ready? (Norm?)

I'm aiming for 1Q95.  The revision will not be a description of Ada 83
with a summary of what is different in Ada 94.  Rather, I start with the
presumption that Ada means Ada 94, and provide a comprehensive
description of Ada 94, including the standard libraries and the annexes.
Each chapter has a section near the end called "Differences in Ada 83" to
warn the poor unfortunates still stuck using Ada 83 compilers what they
are missing and how to work around the absence of certain features.

I've also reorganized some of the early chapters for pedagogical reasons,
in repsonse to comments from instructors who used the first edition.  The
thrust of the changes is to enable readers to start writing interesting
complete Ada programs right away.

--
Norman H. Cohen    ncohen@watson.ibm.com
(Bleary-eyed from staying up too late too many nights to get the revision
done.)