From: Peter Milliken <peter.milliken@boeing.com>
Subject: Re: introdution of Ada
Date: 1998/09/30
Date: 1998-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3612B151.2A43E9FC@boeing.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 361276D8.85D111E4@tknet.tku.edu.tw
Sorry, I can't agree with the recommendations about the Barnes book. I found
it difficult to read (I used the 2nd edition many years ago, but it doesn't
appear to have changed much with successive revisions). The snippets of code
rarely compile or can be used stand-a-lone. I am working with some engineers
at the moment who are learning Ada and they have expressed a similar opinion
about the latest edition of Barnes' book - how it ever became the icon it
is, is beyond me :-).
My recommendations are:
Ada95 by English (I think the title is correct, I don't have it here, I
loaned it to a friend who gave up on his Barnes edition :-)) - a very
"readable" book that develops real examples as the book progresses.
Rendezvous with Ada95 by Naidatch - again, another very "readable" book.
Then, to top them off, get "Ada as a Second Language" by Cohen - a must for
any Ada programmer, I just wished it was hardback instead of paperback, an
1100+ page book doesn't fair that well when bound any other way.
Good luck
Peter
u7192105@tknet.tku.edu.tw wrote:
> I am raedy to select a language to learn.I have hread some of Ada.I want
> to know the site or books about Ada.
> Thanks
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-10-01 0:00 introdution of Ada u7192105
1998-09-30 0:00 ` Peter Milliken [this message]
1998-10-02 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1998-10-04 0:00 ` paulwade
1998-10-04 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-10-05 0:00 ` alan walkington
1998-10-06 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-10-07 0:00 ` Marc A. Criley
1998-10-06 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1998-10-01 0:00 ` Frank Ecke
1998-10-01 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1998-10-01 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1998-10-01 0:00 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
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