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,b2d36a382ccbeb18 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nlpi057.nbdc.sbc.com!prodigy.net!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!lon-transit.news.telstra.net!lon-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Paul" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <2ee634c3-0dee-4f02-8b02-c4804efd068f@x19g2000prg.googlegroups.com> <87lk20rqfz.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <7a25cac8-40d6-4c92-84f6-b3e7187f4fe9@i36g2000prf.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: How Would a Hobbyist Learn Ada? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Message-ID: <7_8_j.4364$IK1.2122@news-server.bigpond.net.au> Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 07:57:55 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 124.176.56.123 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1211702275 124.176.56.123 (Sun, 25 May 2008 17:57:55 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 17:57:55 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:337 Date: 2008-05-25T07:57:55+00:00 List-Id: "Michael Feldman" wrote in message news:g19i5d$agd$1@aioe.org... > Ed Falis wrote: >> You may find Richard Riehle's "Ada 95 Distilled" useful too. >> http://www.computer-books.us/ada95_2.php > > I recommend this one as well. Lots of good program examples. The author is > a long-experienced teacher of Ada in industry. > > http://www.adaic.com has several more downloadable books. > > Mike Feldman Ludovic already mentioned him but I recommend John Barnes' book "Programming in Ada". Don't know what edition is current but I have both the 2nd and 3rd editions. The 2nd edition nearly fell apart because of the use it got. I had no formal training in Ada but had a background in Pascal and assembler. The application I wrote in the mid to late 80's is still in use today. Paul