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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.




  parent reply	other threads:[~1996-04-01  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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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