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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,21f55974e3558d73 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Patrick Richard Wibbeler Subject: Re: Ada 101 Date: 1996/05/22 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 156227061 references: <00001a73+00002d39@msn.com> content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII organization: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada nntp-posting-user: pwibbele@trumpet.aix.calpoly.edu Date: 1996-05-22T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On 16 May 1996, Kenneth Mays wrote: > In my quest for the ultimate Ada83 tutorial book, does > anyone know of a superior training book on teaching nonprogrammers a > first computer science course on Ada programming? I've scanned many > Ada books, but none that are as good as some books on C++ (C++ Primer > Plus). > > I need a book that ANYONE can read and understand with minimal > difficulty. Does such a book exist for the Ada market?! Mr. Mays, I learned Ada -for all practical purposes my first language- using the Feldman/Koffman "Ada Problem Solving and Program Design (1993, Addison Wesley) text. This is the best text I have had for any course. It is simple to read, and has really good examples. I know Michael Feldman posts to this group once in a while, so I am sure the name of his text will come up, but I figured I'd add my endorsement from a student's perspective. The book introduces the "development process" as well as the actual coding and finished project. I have advanced beyond my CS1 class and still refer to it as a reference even when I am not programming in Ada. Patrick Wibbeler