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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,b9ace55b4f3fafd3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-07 06:36:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny03.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Stephane Richard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <8d63e22a.0310070510.607bd55a@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: a good book to start with? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: <_jzgb.27856$kD3.4968@nwrdny03.gnilink.net> Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 13:36:58 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.149.78.172 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny03.gnilink.net 1065533818 141.149.78.172 (Tue, 07 Oct 2003 09:36:58 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 09:36:58 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:377 Date: 2003-10-07T13:36:58+00:00 List-Id: "Olivier Laurent" wrote in message news:8d63e22a.0310070510.607bd55a@posting.google.com... > Hi all, > > My background: PERL, JAVA, C++ > > Sorry if this question is listed in any FAQ. > > I was impressed by some tutorials I've seen over the web about ADA. > And most importantly the kind of application you can make with .I > would like to know more, just a hobby . > > Is there anybody who could point me to a book about ADA? > On the linux OS, I know there is a GNU compiler, but is there any nice > ADA GUI tool? > > Have a nice day, > > Olivier Hi Olivier I recommend you visit my website (http://www.adaworld.com) and take a look at the Learning Center / Free Books section. My first link there is a pdf file called Ada Distilled (Make explicitely to teach Ada to C++ programmers. As for GUI you can have a look at http://libre.act-europe.fr/GtkAda/ for a good GUI library. and for a tool that uses it, visit http://glade.gnome.org/ Hope this puts you one the right track :-) -- St�phane Richard "Ada World" Webmaster http://www.adaworld.com