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From: Brian Drummond <brian@shapes.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Pre-Ada95 books still worth reading
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:36:58 +0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:33:23 -0500, Randy Brukardt wrote:

> "Ada novice" <shai.lesh@gmx.com> wrote in message
> news:3c8f0f00-14e0-4059-9a3a-66fb2547d7a6@googlegroups.com...
>> Books I have seen:

> We used to distribute this to our customers that needed an introduction
> to Ada.
> 
> The Ada Programming Language, I.C. Pyle (a green cover).
...
> Ada: An Advanced Introduction, Narian Gehani (a blue cover).
> 
> which we thought was more readable. (I'm holding it right now, but I'm
> not going to go read it to see...)

One not mentioned so far is Grady Booch and Doug Bryan : Software 
Engineering with Ada. I don't know how well it is regarded now, but I 
thought it was good when I read it. Given the Booch Components are still 
around, it may be worth considering.

- Brian