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: 103376,5d0710159aafd704 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-30 10:17:40 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!gw1.att.com!csn!ub!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!news2.near.net!emerald.tufts.edu!blanket.mitre.org!linus.mitre.org!spectre!emery From: emery@goldfinger.mitre.org (David Emery) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Book Date: 30 Jan 1995 18:17:40 GMT Organization: The Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA. Message-ID: References: <3g7iff$96i@panix.com> <3giq8k$ofd@monmouth.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: goldfinger.mitre.org In-reply-to: s0222353@moncol.monmouth.edu's message of 30 Jan 1995 13:40:36 GMT Date: 1995-01-30T18:17:40+00:00 List-Id: K&R is an interesting book. It 'straddles the line' between being the defining reference (i.e. "standard") for the language, and being an "introduction to programming in C" book. In this respect, it's like Wirth's "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs" book. However, many people cite "K&R" as the 'language standard', and for a long time K&R (and the pcc compiler) were the definitions of the C language. For that usage of K&R, the Ada Language Standard fits the bill. dave p.s. I had a copy of Wegner's book, once upon a time... -- --The preceeding opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinions of --The MITRE Corporation or its sponsors. -- "A good plan violently executed -NOW- is better than a perfect plan -- next week" George Patton -- "Any damn fool can write a plan. It's the execution that gets you -- all screwed up" James Hollingsworth -------------------------------------------------------------------------