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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,5e39f200c5d9b6dd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!proxad.net!teaser.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail Sender: obry@PASCAL Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Book recommendation References: From: Pascal Obry Date: 04 Jul 2005 18:51:19 +0200 Message-ID: Organization: Home - http://www.obry.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Date: 04 Jul 2005 18:51:34 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.120.150.24 X-Trace: 1120495894 news.wanadoo.fr 22310 82.120.150.24:2159 X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.fr Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11850 Date: 2005-07-04T18:51:34+02:00 List-Id: Maciej Sobczak writes: > There are two books that I found and that I think would help me: > > - Programming in Ada 95 (Barnes) > - Concurrency in Ada (Barns) ^^^^^ Burns & Wellings > I learned that Ada community is preparing for the new standard release this > year. > > My questions are: > - Would you recommend these two books (which focus on Ada95) anyway? Yes, the second one is really good. > - Are there any changes planned in the *relevant* parts of the language that > would render these two books outright obsolete? I would say no. > - Or maybe there are new editions planned for later this year (I don't mind > waiting)? There is some additions on the "safety and security" and "Real-Time Systems" annexes but Ada 2006 will be fully upward compatible with Ada 95 and everything you'll lean now will be fine with the next standard. Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://www.obry.net --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595