Re: Ada book recommendations

["Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com>]

There are a number of books you will find at http://www.adapower.org/  I
personally like: Programming in Ada 95 (Barnes) as a sort of full-up text on
the subject and I like Ada Programming Essentials: Overview, Examples and
Glossary (Crawford) for a get-up-to-speed-quick look at Ada. Others have
their favorites so I'm sure you'll get recommendations for several other
books. (Ada as a Second Language (Cohen) has a certain following as well.)

Learning a language from a textbook for someone who is already literate in
programming in general is a perfectly good way to go. Get the Gnat compiler,
sit down with the book, start hacking on the examples. Within a week, you
should be able to use the language effectively for most programming
problems. It takes a while to really master a language, but you tend to do
that while doing "real" work.

MDC
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"Genro Kane Gupta" <genro@niestu.com> wrote in message
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> 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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