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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no 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: 2001-08-02 14:37:25 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada book recommendations Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 17:26:50 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9kcgiq$36d$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3b69bd65$1_6@news3.uncensored-news.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 996787610 3277 136.170.200.133 (2 Aug 2001 21:26:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 2 Aug 2001 21:26:50 GMT 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:11144 Date: 2001-08-02T21:26:50+00:00 List-Id: 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 -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "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 >