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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,84a984abf386b725,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Peter Milliken Subject: Re: introdution of Ada Date: 1998/09/30 Message-ID: <3612B151.2A43E9FC@boeing.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 396848643 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: nntp@news.boeing.com (Boeing NNTP News Access) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: 205.175.234.102 References: <361276D8.85D111E4@tknet.tku.edu.tw> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: The Boeing Company Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: 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