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From: jtg <jtg77@poczta.onet.pl>
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Subject: Re: Book recommendation
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Maciej Sobczak wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm a computer programmer with C++ experience. Currently I work in the 
> real-time environment and I would like to broaden my perspective on 
> languages and tools that can be effectively used in the area of 
> real-time, distributed and concurrent programming.
> 
> Note that very likely I will *not* be using Ada professionally.
> 
> There are two books that I found and that I think would help me:
> 
> - Programming in Ada 95 (Barnes)
> - Concurrency in Ada (Barns)
> 
> I learned that Ada community is preparing for the new standard release 
> this year.
> 
> My questions are:
> - Would you recommend these two books (which focus on Ada95) anyway?

I didn't see any of these books, so I cannot recommend them or not.
But if you have C++ experience, I would recommend "Ada as a second
language" by Norman Cohen. It is intended for experienced programmers
(i.e. experienced in other languages).