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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,c58a5b8372dc24a0 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!feeder.erje.net!feed.xsnews.nl!border-1.ams.xsnews.nl!feeder.news-service.com!feeder3.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!193.141.40.65.MISMATCH!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!npeer-ng0.de.kpn-eurorings.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool4.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:06:04 +0200 From: Georg Bauhaus User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Macintosh/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: confusion with string initialization References: <4bccb39a$0$279$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> In-Reply-To: <4bccb39a$0$279$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <4bccb7ac$0$6892$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net> Organization: Arcor NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Apr 2010 22:06:04 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 67c92419.newsspool2.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=IkGd50j<\<076A9EHlD;3Yc24Fo<]lROoR18kF:Lh>_cHTX3j=J1ZbM Thomas L�cke schrieb: > I think the examples in the book are very clear, if you bother to > actually READ the book, and not treat it like an Ada cookbook. So from > this beginner the book gets two thumbs up. :o) > With that said, I would personally like a book on Ada with a more > cookbook like approach, especially if it had a chapter on project files > and compiling in general. About the Why and How of compilation units and such: http://archive.adaic.com/standards/83rat/html/ratl-10.html Some of the documentation accompanying compilers is good at explaining (and motivating) things. I found the GNAT UG and the AppletMagic notes and articles to be valuable resources.