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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e61c8636ef35379d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-17 16:23:35 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!cyclone.swbell.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3A66358D.A2AA6363@west.raytheon.com> From: Jerry Petrey <"jdpetrey"@west.raytheon.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en]C-CCK-MCD CSC;Raytheon (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Examples in Docs, was Re: Escape Sequences in Strings References: <3A65DEA1.F90DEE49@mtws.visicom.com> <20010117142352.00195.00000775@nso-cb.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 17:15:09 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.24.131.12 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 979776996 147.24.131.12 (Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:16:36 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:16:36 CST Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4127 Date: 2001-01-17T17:15:09-07:00 List-Id: BSCrawford wrote: > > Wayne Lydecker said, in part, > > >Personally, I'd like to have a book that was nothing but examples. > >When coding, especially in a language new to me, I search for code > >similar to what I need to do and modify it for my usage. A book of > >examples would allow me to find templates to use. > > My book may help. It's not exactly "nothing but examples" but > it has lots of examples, and the Glossary/Index makes it easy to > find them. > > Bard S. Crawford, > Author of "Ada Essentials: Overview, Examples and Glossary," > a compact volume available in three forms: printed book, pdf > file, and a collection of browser-based web pages. See > http://www.learnada.com > ----------------------- > Stage Harbor Software > 9 Patriots Drive - Lexington, MA - 02420 USA > bard@learnada.com - 781-862-3613 I concur. "Ada Essentials: Overview, Examples and Glossary" is indeed a very good, concise book for learning Ada. Well done Brad! Jerry -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Jerry Petrey -- Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Navigation, Guidance, & Control -- Raytheon Missile Systems - Member Team Ada & Team Forth -- NOTE: please remove in email address to reply -----------------------------------------------------------------------------