Re: Games? A Newbie question

[Michal Nowak <vinnie@inetia.pl>]

On 01-12-29 at 21:21 Liddle Feesh wrote:

>"Michal Nowak" wrote:
>> On 01-12-28 at 05:02 muaddib@digibank.it wrote:
>>
>> >Yes, i ve the GNAT free ed. and it's simple. Of course I'm a beginner
>> >in ADA so can u suggest a kind of ADA Bible ? (Like the Kernighan &
>> >Richie for C)
>>
>> If you want a printed book, "Ada as a second language", second edition
>> by Norman H.Cohen is a good choice. Over 1000 pages of encyclopedic
>> knowledge about Ada. However it is a bit expensive (87$ in Amazon)
>> as for a student. I am very satisfied from this book.
>
>I'm a newbie. This book is in front of me now. It's not the easiest to
>follow. It's neither a "Code Intensive Reference Manual" nor a "Tutorial".
>Sort of in limbo inbetween with that nasty "Courier" font for program
>listings - you know the type.

Notice, that I wrote that it is "encyclopedic knowledge". Hmm, even
that English is not my native language I found it quite easy to read
and understand.

From preface: "Ada as a Second Language is at once a tutorial to Ada
and a complete refernce." For me it is complete refernce. Is it a
tutorial? Hmm, yes, maybe not giving you quick start into Ada, like
"Lovelace tutorial" by David Wheeler or mentioned earlier John English'
book, but giving more detailed knowledge.

I agree, that the style in which it is written is rather formal and
different from direct one, like in "Ada 95 - craft of object oriented
programming". But it is also much easier to read than Reference Manual
(which is not tutorial, but serves well as additional reference).

And, the title "Ada - *as a second languge*" assumes, that you are
familiar and fluent with programming in one of other languages
(COBOL, C++, Fortran, Pascal).

Hey, but don't give up, there are lots of other books on Ada,
I hope you should have access to them in libraries.

Mike
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