From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,499977b90b42ac01 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!85.12.40.130.MISMATCH!xlned.com!feeder1.xlned.com!news.astraweb.com!border1.a.newsrouter.astraweb.com!hwmnpeer01.ams!news.highwinds-media.com!hw-filter.ams!newsfe14.ams.POSTED!40385e62!not-for-mail From: Per Sandberg User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada book recommendation from a newbie References: <1180613275.802484.203530@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <1180613275.802484.203530@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <7DN7i.2064$rQ5.598@newsfe14.ams> X-Complaints-To: abuse@WWWSpace.NET NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 21:53:23 MST Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:01:14 +0200 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16009 Date: 2007-06-01T07:01:14+02:00 List-Id: I would recomend to have a look on all the papers at "http://www.adacore.com/category/developers-center/technologies/ada/" Since they covers Ada (Ada2005) the current incarantion of Ada. /Per ezkcdude wrote: > I'm not asking for a recommendation. Rather, I just wanted to say that > I started reading the Ben-Ari book "Ada for Software Engineers" (ASE), > and I really like it. I had been reading Barnes' Ada 95 book, while > informative, it wasn't really that fun to read. For whatever reason, > Ben-Ari has a really nice writing style, which is all the more > interesting given he is Israeli (AFAIK). I say this having been raised > by my father, who also happens to be Israeli. Anyway, that aside, I'd > highly recommend ASE for experienced programmers who want to dive in > to Ada to see what it's all about. You have nothing to lose, > literally. The book is available for free online in pdf format. I also > took a look at one of his other books, "Understanding Programming > Languages", and that one looks good, too. Have any of you read the Ben- > Ari books? I'm especially interested to hear opinions about his > latest, "Principles of Concurrent and Distributed Programming" (2006). >