Re: Ada book

[t_mjb@linkabit.titan.com]

In <335E515A.5ED4@dlep1.ti.com>, Edgar Green <Edgar.Green@dlep1.ti.com> writes:
>I am looking for an easy strait forward book to Ada95.  I had the book
>Instant C++ this was the best programming book.  Does any one know of a
>simmilar book for Ada.  Direct to the point, good examples, Short, Able
>to woek through in less than a month.
>
>Ed

I'm using the book by John English entitled _Ada 95: The Craft of Object-Oriented Programming_.
I find that it is quite concise and provides good examples, especially in the OOP department (I
know, BIG surprise considering the title <grin>).

In contrast, I found the Smith book (_Object-Oriented Software in Ada95, Michael A Smith) to
be very wanting (you get it with the Aonix ObjectAda compiler). It suffers from trying to cover
too much in too little space. Another thing I DON'T like about it is that it goes over Ada83 AND
Ada95 where I would rather just see the new/changed features. If I want to know about Ada83
I'll go out and buy an Ada83 book. Somewhat light on the OOP/tagged types area.

Just my two cents,

Marc Bejerano