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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Looking for better Ada books
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:39:12 -0600
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"Anh Vo" <anhvofrcaus@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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>On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 7:00:32 AM UTC-8, M...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Are there any better books out there!
>>
>> I have the following books.
>>
>> Programming with ada by Peter Wegner
>>
>> Programming in Ada by Barnes 3rd edition
>> Programming in Ada 95 by John Barnes 2nd edition
>> Software Components with Ada by Grady Booch
>> Reference Manual for the Ada Programming Language 1983
>> Ada 95 Reference Manual
>> Ada 95 Rationale
>> Understanding Ada by Bray and Pokrass
>
>What is your definition of better books?
>
>You are way behind technologies for sure.

Sure seems like my library of dusty old Ada books. Most of which I haven't 
opened in decades... :-)

> I suggest that you move to the latest Ada, ISO/IEC 
> 8652:2012(E)http://www.adaic.org/resources/add_content/standards/12rm/html/RM-TTL.html.
> In addition, take a look at Ada 2012 Rationale 
> http://www.ada-auth.org/standards/12rat/html/Rat12-TTL.html.

Both of which are available in print form from Springer.

But it's silly these days to restrict oneself to "books". There are a number 
of electronic resources to use as well (Ada Distilled - a PDF "book", and 
the Ada wikibooks site come to mind) - which have the distinct advantage of 
being free.

For a rather inclusive list of current Ada learning materials, see 
http://www.adaic.org/learn/materials/.

                        Randy Brukardt.


Anh Vo