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From: Per Sandberg <per.sandberg@bredband.net>
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Subject: Re: "Ada For Software Engineers: Second Edition With Ada 2005" -
 Anyone read it?
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I could recommend Barnes book as a good introduction to Ada 2005 since 
it explains the new features in the language well.
Don't go for any Ada95 books since they only covers Ada95 and there are 
quite a bit of news in the language.
The books discusses different aspects and are good complements to each 
other, but i would recommend Barnes book as the starter since that book 
covers the basic aspects.

/Per


John McCabe wrote:
> I was considering buying Barnes's "Programming in Ada 2005" to along
> with my Burns etc "Concurrent blah blah" but I noticed on Amazon that
> M. Ben-Ari has come up with a second edition of his book.
> 
> Has anyone read that book and, if so, how does it compare to Barnes?
> 
> While wishing no disrespect to Mr Barnes, I always felt his Ada and
> Ada 95 books were overshadowed by e.g Cohen's "Ada As A Second
> Language" as a guide to someone who has a reasonable amount of
> experience in developing computer software.
> 
> I'd be interested in knowing how M. Ben-Ari's book compares.
> 
> Any views would be gratefully appreciated.
> 
> John