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From: Dufr <dufriz@gmail.com>
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Subject: Free learning resources for Ada (are they good enough?)
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Date: 2012-08-09T05:22:31-07:00
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Hi=20

I have decided to start learning Ada.
Online I have found a good number of free learning resources, which include=
:

* the Ada Programming wikibook (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ada_Programmin=
g)
* the Rosetta Code examples (http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:Ada) [ver=
y useful]
* the Programming in Ada ebook by cengage.com (http://academic.cengage.com/=
resource_uploads/downloads/1133190820_323582.pdf)
* Ada Distilled for Ada 2005 by R. Riehle (http://ocw.unican.es/ensenanzas-=
tecnicas/sistemas-de-tiempo-real/otros-recursos-1/Ada%20Distilled.pdf)

The question now is: do you think that these resources are enough for a beg=
inner, or do you advise me to buy John Barnes' 2005 book as well? I have he=
ard that Barnes' book is very good. That may be so, but it is also somewhat=
 pricey! So I was wondering: would Barnes' book really give a beginner some=
thing that is not found in the above resources? If so, what?

Thanks

Dufr