Re: How many different processors do you use?

[jkirwan@easystreet.com (Jon Kirwan)]

On 9 Jun 1999 08:47:31 GMT, mgk25@cl.cam.ac.uk (Markus Kuhn) wrote:

>http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/linux-ada/
>http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ada.html
>
>GNU Ada95 is the new language of choice for performance-hungry
>former Jabba programmers.

I had a look at your pages, and then on to WUArchive's PAL.  You
mentioned that it's nice to have a paper copy of the documentation on
ADA and I agree.  I do NOT want to be forced into using only an
online, HTML version of the docs.  In a quick look, I wasn't able to
find any information in PDF form mentioned in the FAQ or elsewhere.
This is the form, most convenient for me, to print out two-sided docs.

Specifically, I'd like to get both the Reference Manual AND the
Rational printed out, two-sided, as well as having a searchable PDF
form here, handy for scanning.  It's how I use the Intel manuals for
the CPUs, for example.  Any suggestions?

Jon


P.S.  I read through both of these, the Ref and the Rational, back in
1988 or so, for Ada83.  (I've been programming since 1974.)  Never
used the compiler, but considered it.  I have worked closely with
someone who actually wrote an ADA compiler, though, and we've talked
over some of the issues.  I'd like to give the language another
careful read, but I'm not going to do that via HTML -- I'll need a
paper copy.  I may be tempted to buy one, someday, but I'll look over
the language now if such is available freely.