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,FREEMAIL_FROM, LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.50.20.71 with SMTP id l7mr3542400ige.5.1393028763201; Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:26:03 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.50.50.242 with SMTP id f18mr140090igo.17.1393028763040; Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:26:03 -0800 (PST) Path: border1.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!backlog3.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!uy17no1289686igb.0!news-out.google.com!dr7ni1734qab.1!nntp.google.com!uy17no1291946igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:26:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <65a2e5b5-b681-49b1-b667-20c3718c2203@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=66.126.103.122; posting-account=KSa2aQoAAACOxnC0usBJYX8NE3x3a1Xq NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.126.103.122 References: <8fb15cff-3208-4953-bfdd-3fc66dc13d3d@googlegroups.com> <65a2e5b5-b681-49b1-b667-20c3718c2203@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <8b5d406c-cec0-44e2-9076-0191e2d4ab85@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Best book to learn ada? assuming openbsd 5.4 amd64 box here From: adambeneschan@gmail.com Injection-Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 00:26:03 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Original-Bytes: 2066 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:185054 Date: 2014-02-21T16:26:02-08:00 List-Id: On Friday, February 21, 2014 3:22:24 PM UTC-8, Jerry wrote: > My standard reply to this question is Norman H. Cohen's Ada as a Second L= anguage. I have the second edition which is for the 95 standard. I wish it = would be udpated for newer Ada's but that's not happening. I find his expos= ition to be outstanding, and he doesn't weigh the book down with lengthy ex= amples or a running book-lengh example, only short, to-the-point examples. >=20 >=20 >=20 > Amazon lists it new for $595.15 to $3,295.38 (U.S.) or used at $84.85. I'= d say used would be your best buy. 8^) Amazon pricing is one of those mysteries of the universe no one can underst= and. For a good laugh, read this:=20 http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=3D358 -- Adam