From: "John McCabe" <john.mccabe@emrad.com.ns>
Subject: Re: Ada book recommendations
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 13:59:18 +0100
Date: 2001-08-03T13:59:18+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <996843536.676.0.nnrp-02.9e98e251@news.demon.co.uk> (raw)
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My suggestion would be "Ada As A Second Language" by Norman Cohen. I don't
have the ISBN or publisher but it would be easy to find on one of the online
bookstores.
"Genro Kane Gupta" <genro@niestu.com> wrote in message
news:3b69bd65$1_6@news3.uncensored-news.com...
> I asked last week for recommendations about on-line (or other remote)
> training in Ada, and received no reply here, and only one comment in
> email--an offer of a course that doesn't sound quite right for me.
>
> So I talked to my boss, and he checked the requirements for our "training"
> hours, and we determined that OJT would be acceptable. I am now planning
> to buy some undetermined number of good books on Ada95 on the company
> dime, and lay in bed sucking down Pepsi while reading them on the company
> clock. Sound cynical? That's only because I am. But I see this as a
> golden opportunity to get some good literature on a subject I really am
> interested in--I write free software it Ada on my own time.
>
> Therefore, *now* my question is, what are some good titles? Cost is
> clearly not much of an issue; the company is getting a bargain compared to
> formal training. Books aimed at, or "suitable" for self-study would be
> nice, but not necessary. I learn very well from books: I learned C from
> reading K&R (no, really!). Accurate and comprehensive are more the
> adjectives I'm looking for. Oh, and I'm really interested in books at an
> intermediate to advanced level, or at least ones that cover more than just
> the basics. I've been programming in Ada83 since 1981 (or was it '79?),
> and started using Ada95 when it was called Ada9x. But there's certainly
> more I could learn, so name yer titles, folks.
>
> Many thanks in advance!
>
> --
> Not Genro, I just play him on the net
>
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Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-02 20:52 Ada book recommendations Genro Kane Gupta
2001-08-02 21:26 ` Marin David Condic
2001-08-02 23:42 ` Jerry Petrey
2001-08-03 2:01 ` tmoran
2001-08-03 10:02 ` Ehud Lamm
2001-08-03 13:04 ` Genro Kane Gupta
2001-08-03 13:19 ` Preben Randhol
2001-08-03 14:23 ` Genro Kane Gupta
2001-08-03 12:42 ` Genro Kane Gupta
2001-08-03 12:38 ` Genro Kane Gupta
2001-08-03 12:32 ` Genro Kane Gupta
2001-08-03 0:10 ` Peter Milliken
2001-08-03 13:07 ` Genro Kane Gupta
2001-08-03 21:54 ` Matthew Woodcraft
2001-08-05 13:03 ` raj
2001-08-03 3:32 ` Mike Silva
2001-08-03 13:09 ` Genro Kane Gupta
2001-08-03 13:28 ` Preben Randhol
2001-08-04 4:05 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2001-08-04 8:27 ` Preben Randhol
2001-08-03 12:59 ` John McCabe [this message]
2001-08-04 3:28 ` John Magness
2001-08-04 3:33 ` John Magness
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