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Subject: Re: Looking for better Ada books
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On 03/12/2016 12:10 AM, Hadrien Grasland wrote:
> 
> Online material tends to fall either in the "quick tutorial" or the
> "newcomer-hostile authoritative reference" category, with little in-between
> for the intermediate learners. Unless you want to read "tip of the week" blog
> posts for a whole year, of course ;)

/Ada Distilled/, being aimed at experienced C/++ programmers, seems to be a rare
example of something more than a quick tutorial but not newcomer-hostile.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"English bed-wetting types."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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