Re: Ada book recommendations

[Jerry Petrey <"jdpetrey<NOSPAM>"@west.raytheon.com>]

The three that Marin listed would be my recommendation also and
in that order.

Look at:
http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~mfeldman/ada95books.html#1
for a good list of books also.  I have a short review of
"Ada Essentials:Overview, Examples and Glossary" there
as well.

Jerry
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Marin David Condic wrote:
> 
> There are a number of books you will find at http://www.adapower.org/  I
> personally like: Programming in Ada 95 (Barnes) as a sort of full-up text on
> the subject and I like Ada Essentials: Overview, Examples and
> Glossary (Crawford) for a get-up-to-speed-quick look at Ada. Others have
> their favorites so I'm sure you'll get recommendations for several other
> books. (Ada as a Second Language (Cohen) has a certain following as well.)
> 
> Learning a language from a textbook for someone who is already literate in
> programming in general is a perfectly good way to go. Get the Gnat compiler,
> sit down with the book, start hacking on the examples. Within a week, you
> should be able to use the language effectively for most programming
> problems. It takes a while to really master a language, but you tend to do
> that while doing "real" work.
> 
> MDC
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> 
> "Genro Kane Gupta" <genro@niestu.com> wrote in message
> news:3b69bd65$1_6@news3.uncensored-news.com...
> > I asked last week for recommendations about on-line (or other remote)
> > training in Ada, and received no reply here, and only one comment in
> > email--an offer of a course that doesn't sound quite right for me.
> >
> > So I talked to my boss, and he checked the requirements for our "training"
> > hours, and we determined that OJT would be acceptable.  I am now planning
> > to buy some undetermined number of good books on Ada95 on the company
> > dime, and lay in bed sucking down Pepsi while reading them on the company
> > clock.  Sound cynical?  That's only because I am.  But I see this as a
> > golden opportunity to get some good literature on a subject I really am
> > interested in--I write free software it Ada on my own time.
> >
> > Therefore, *now* my question is, what are some good titles?  Cost is
> > clearly not much of an issue; the company is getting a bargain compared to
> > formal training.  Books aimed at, or "suitable" for self-study would be
> > nice, but not necessary.  I learn very well from books:  I learned C from
> > reading K&R (no, really!).  Accurate and comprehensive are more the
> > adjectives I'm looking for.  Oh, and I'm really interested in books at an
> > intermediate to advanced level, or at least ones that cover more than just
> > the basics.  I've been programming in Ada83 since 1981 (or was it '79?),
> > and started using Ada95 when it was called Ada9x.  But there's certainly
> > more I could learn, so name yer titles, folks.
> >
> > Many thanks in advance!
> >
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