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,f6a5f8ca92037dc8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-16 07:27:56 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.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: Which docs first? Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:15:46 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9qhfek$90o$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9qfklt$8t0$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BCC17E1.426708E@earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1003241748 9240 136.170.200.133 (16 Oct 2001 14:15:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 Oct 2001 14:15:48 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:14681 Date: 2001-10-16T14:15:48+00:00 List-Id: "Marc A. Criley" wrote in message news:3BCC17E1.426708E@earthlink.net... > > For experienced Ada 83 programmers I highly recommend the Ada 95 > Rationale as a good introduction and means to get familiar with the new > features and changes. It's technical, but quite readable. > I wouldn't suggest *not* reading it assuming one has the time and technical background, but I'd think its the harder way to simply learn enough of the language to get started. > For those new to the language, though, I'll defer to others for book > recommendations. When I learned Ada--and it was _Ada_, not > "Ada 83"--we didn't have any fancy schmancy Ada books, we had the LRM. > And if you couldn't understand the Reference Manual, then you could go > stand in the corner with the other BASIC programmers. > ....And we didn't even have *compilers* for it like these spoiled kids of today! We had to hand-translate it into zeros and ones - and sometimes we didn't even have zeros and had to use "O"'s instead! :-) 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/