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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,aa554b78fbc1aa13 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-29 14:29:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Michal Nowak Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Games? A Newbie question Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 23:32:53 +0100 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: References: <98104da8.0112280502.7e0addf3@posting.google.com> Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1009664941 60184 137.194.161.2 (29 Dec 2001 22:29:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 22:29:01 +0000 (UTC) To: "comp.lang.ada usegroup->mailing list gateway" Return-Path: In-reply-to: X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.20.01.01 (3) Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk X-Reply-To: vinnie@inetia.pl List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18394 Date: 2001-12-29T23:32:53+01:00 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 ----------------------------------------- ____| \%/ |~~\ O | o>> Mike Nowak | T | / > vinnie@inetia.pl | http://www.geocities.com/vinnie14pl _|__