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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1b3c14b0b1247083 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-03 05:59:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.abs.net!feeder.qis.net!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!pipehawk.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "John McCabe" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada book recommendations Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 13:59:18 +0100 Organization: Emrad Ltd Message-ID: <996843536.676.0.nnrp-02.9e98e251@news.demon.co.uk> References: <3b69bd65$1_6@news3.uncensored-news.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipehawk.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pipehawk.demon.co.uk:158.152.226.81 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 996843536 nnrp-02:676 NO-IDENT pipehawk.demon.co.uk:158.152.226.81 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11196 Date: 2001-08-03T13:59:18+01:00 List-Id: 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" 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 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com - Still Only $9.95 - http://www.uncensored-news.com > With Seven Servers In California And Texas - The Worlds Uncensored News Source >