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-Thread: 103376,de85c426ed24f73c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s22.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Book for Learning Ada References: <1177039891.669629.187280@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <1177039891.669629.187280@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.201.97.213 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mchsi.com X-Trace: attbi_s22 1177044043 12.201.97.213 (Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:40:43 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:40:43 GMT Organization: AT&T ASP.att.net Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:40:43 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15136 Date: 2007-04-20T04:40:43+00:00 List-Id: Nick wrote: > > I am wondering what people recommend when it comes to learning Ada? > I know that Ada 2005 is around now so what do people advise? Learning > Ada 2005 or Ada 95? Right now abundant materials for Ada 95 exist, while there is not such a choice for Ada. The differences aren't that great. Once you've learned Ada 95, something like the Rationale will probably cover what you need for the new features and changes. > Most importantly I'm looking for a book that is good. I am at the end > of my 2nd year in college for Computer Science so I am decent with a > few languages. In pring, Cohen's book is good. On line, you might start out with /Ada Distilled/. -- Jeff Carter "C++ is like giving an AK-47 to a monk, shooting him full of crack and letting him loose in a mall and expecting him to balance your checking account 'when he has the time.'" Drew Olbrich 52