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: 103376,1b3c14b0b1247083 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-02 16:45:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B69E578.AC2EFEA2@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: Ada book recommendations References: <3b69bd65$1_6@news3.uncensored-news.com> <9kcgiq$36d$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 16:42:48 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.24.83.38 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 996795907 147.24.83.38 (Thu, 02 Aug 2001 18:45:07 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 18:45:07 CDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11152 Date: 2001-08-02T16:42:48-07:00 List-Id: 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 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 > -- > Marin David Condic > Senior Software Engineer > Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com > Enabling the digital revolution > e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com > Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ > > "Genro Kane Gupta" 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! > > > > --