FWD: Re: ADA reference

FWD: Re: ADA reference

[Chuck Bramlet]

Donald Griffin writes...

>I need a good book for Ada reference.

I have several on my bookshelf.  Each has it's benifits and
it's pitfalls. They are:

Programming in ADA,            3rd edition, J.G.P. Barnes
Software Engineering with ADA, 2nd Edition, Grady Booch
ADA as a Second Language,                 , Norman H. Cohen

I frequently find that part of the answer to a question is in
more than one of these books.  I also find that often I have to
go "ask another programmer", as the books are not clear in their
explanations.

Chuck bramlet
bramlet@eccx.ateng.az.honeywell.com

Re: FWD: Re: ADA reference

[Thomas G. Coles (1W0)]

On Wed, 22 Feb 1995 13:30:31 -0700, Chuck Bramlet
("ELL447::BRAMLET"@ECC7.ATENG.AZ.HONEYWELL.COM) wrote:
: Donald Griffin writes...

: >I need a good book for Ada reference.

: I have several on my bookshelf.  Each has it's benifits and
: it's pitfalls. They are:

: Programming in ADA,            3rd edition, J.G.P. Barnes
: Software Engineering with ADA, 2nd Edition, Grady Booch
: ADA as a Second Language,                 , Norman H. Cohen

: I frequently find that part of the answer to a question is in
: more than one of these books.  I also find that often I have to
: go "ask another programmer", as the books are not clear in their
: explanations.

: Chuck bramlet
: bramlet@eccx.ateng.az.honeywell.com

A much (and everyone here says it) better book than Barnes for beginners
with the language is Jan Skansholm's Ada from the Beginning (2nd ed.)
It is superbly translated from Swedish (I think Swedish, whack me over
the head with a limp VB Programmer's Manual if I'm wrong) and I find
it both indispensible and the only book I ever need (but them I am only
and undergrad!  :-)  )

Thomas

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