I know of at least seven books on line for Ada. http://www.adapower.com/learn Ada Distilled Ada 95: The Craft of Object-Oriented Programming Object Oriented Programming in Ada 95 The Big Online Book of Linux Ada Programming Ada in Action Introducing Ada 95 LAW - Lear Ada on the Web = Ada: A Developmental Approach The top 3 are new, but the other four have been with us for some time. BTW, if you count the RM, Rationale and Style Guide that makes _10_ books on-line Plus we have Quick Reference Cards and more :-) (http://www.adapower.com/ref) David Botton "Preben Randhol" wrote in message news:slrn9v6vpi.h6.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no... > On 14 Nov 2001 15:10:09 -0500, Stephen Leake wrote: > > > Now this is cool; to be able to point a newbie to an actual textbook! > > Yes :-) and now there are four books online (one have been online all > its time though; �The Big Online Book of Linux Ada Programming�). > > Preben