Re: Ada Book

[Rich Maggio <maggior@world2u.com>]

I would recommend Professor Feldman's book Problem Solving
with Ada 95.  I took a class last semester for which I needed to
learn Ada, and learn it fast.  I am a seasoned 'C' programmer,
so the logic required to design a program was old hat for me -
I needed something that explained the ways of Ada in a clear,
concise manner.  I found this book to be very helpful in that
regard.  I struggled with a book by John Barnes called
Programming in Ada 95 first.  This book is very good as well,
but not for the beginner IMHO.  After I had the concepts in
Prof. Feldman's book under my belt, I could make sense of
what the Barnes book had to offer.  I found it frustrating
understanding some of the basic paradigms in Ada's library,
packages, etc.  This book cleared a lot of that up for me.
IMHO - Problem Solving with Ada 95 is a great book for 
someone either totally new to programming, someone totally
new to Ada, or both.  It is also chock full of working
examples - something Barnes' book is missing.

Plus, as a bonus, Feldman's book comes with a compiler.
I had borrowed the book from my professor last semester,
but I ordered my own copy recently when I discovered that
it had the Object Ada compiler packaged with it.  The point
being I found it useful enough to have my own copy around
for future reference.

I hope this information helps.

Rich Maggio

Edgar Green wrote:
> 
> I am looking for a simple strait forward book on Ada.  I had a book on
> C++ called Instant C++. I need a book like that one on Ada this book was
> to the point short, lots of examples etc