From: pschonbaum@cc.memphis.edu (Pierre Schonbaum)
Subject: Re: "Ada as a second language" book
Date: 1996/04/01
Date: 1996-04-01T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4jp5qj$ic@oolong.memphis.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.SOL.3.91.960329161832.10350A-100000@solar.sky.net
In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960329161832.10350A-100000@solar.sky.net>,
John Howard <jhoward@solar.sky.net> wrote:
>Yesterday I got a copy of the book for $39. I had ordered it three
weeks
>ago at a local Anderson's book store. Last month the expected
price was
>$64. Thanks for the bargain!
>
>I am a Borland Pascal refugee and this is an excellent book:
>
> Cohen, Norman H. Ada as a Second Language, 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill,
> 1996. 1133 pp. (ISBN: 0-07-011607-5)
>
> Encyclopedic in scope, this book covers all of Ada 95, including
the
> predefined packages and the specialized-needs annexes. Each
chapter
> ends with a section addressed to users of Ada-83 compilers.
> Comparisons with C, C++, COBOL, Fortran, and Pascal avoid
> misconceptions about Ada and help readers recognize a new
notation for
> a familiar concept. Proceeding from introductory explanations
of
> fundamental software-engineering and programming concepts to
detailed
> and enlightening discussions of language features, and
containing
> hundreds of complete examples, Ada as a Second Language serves
as both
> a tutorial introduction and a complete reference to the Ada
language.
>
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>-- John Howard <jhoward@sky.net> -- Team Ada Team
OS/2 --
>-- Free Ada 95 compilers at
ftp://cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat/ --
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>Psalm 22:30-31
Would you post contact information for Anderson's?
The best price I've been quoted is $58.
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1996-03-29 0:00 "Ada as a second language" book John Howard
1996-03-30 0:00 ` Richard Pitre
1996-04-01 0:00 ` Pierre Schonbaum [this message]
1996-04-03 0:00 ` John Howard
1996-04-01 0:00 ` Thomas Hoffmann
1996-04-01 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1996-04-02 0:00 ` Brian Hanson
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