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From: Joe Wisniewski <wisniew@acm.org>
Subject: Re: can anyone make a book recommendation: Barnes' APIA,
 ben-ari's AFSE...
Date: 1999/09/23
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In article <37decc0c.3329643@news.demon.co.uk>,
  john@assen.demon.co.uk.nospam (John McCabe) wrote:
> spamlessinseattle10@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> >"Ada-programming in Ada95"
> >2nd ed.
> >John Barnes
>
> I've looked at this one a few times, but it always leaves me cold.
> There seems to be something missing that I can't quite put my finger
> on.
>
> >"Ada for software engineers "
> >m.ben-ari
>
> I haven't really looked at this one yet.
>
> >Can anyone recommend a comparable work?
>
> I've always found "Ada as a Second Language" by Norman H Cohen to be
> excellent.

   I can't agree more.

   With all due respect to JB, frankly, there is no comparison
   between his book and N. Cohen's. The breadth of the discussions,
   the depth of the topics analyzed, the examples and excellent,
   insights, etc. Without appearing to wax too poetic, the effort
   and dilligence that went into Norm's
   book simply emanates from the pages.

   I have heard it argued that Barnes' book and Norm's book are meant
   to address two differ audiences; Barnes' for the true newbie, Norm
   for the "power Ada developer to be". Maybe. However, I find Norm's
   book powerful
   yet amenable to easily moving from the simplest of concepts to the
   sublime in terms of understanding.

   Although a bit pricier, IMHO, Norm's book is orders of magnitude
   a better value for anyone who really wants to understand and
   exploit the language.

   Joe

>
> Best Regards
> John McCabe <john@assen.demon.co.uk>
>


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