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=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC 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: 2001-08-03 20:27:25 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!cyclone.swbell.net!nnrp2.sbc.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B6B6CF9.B18EC68@swbell.net> From: John Magness Reply-To: jmagness@swbell.net Organization: N.O.Y.B. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) 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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 22:33:14 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.65.30.237 X-Complaints-To: abuse@swbell.net X-Trace: nnrp2.sbc.net 996895645 65.65.30.237 (Fri, 03 Aug 2001 22:27:25 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 22:27:25 CDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11278 Date: 2001-08-03T22:33:14-05:00 List-Id: Genro Kane Gupta wrote: > 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! > > -- > Not Genro, I just play him on the net > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com - Still Only $9.95 - http://www.uncensored-news.com > With Seven Servers In California And Texas - The Worlds Uncensored News Source > If you're running on Microsoft/Intel platforms you might want to get copies of Aonix Object Ada. Pretty cheap at the low end. Disavowal: I have no financial relationship with any of my recommendations, other than having bought the recommended books. We have Object Ada on our NT platforms at work. John