Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 11:36:43 -0700 (PDT) From: backyard <backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good References and or Books for learning ADA Message-ID: <20061006183643.43707.qmail@web83110.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200610061623.58778.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
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--- RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> wrote: > On Thursday 05 October 2006 02:39, backyard wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I'm looking to teach myself ADA using the Gnu > Compiler > > Collection and GNATS as my compiler under an i386 > > FreeBSD 6.X system. I'm just curious if any ADA > > programmers out there can point me to some decent > > books/online resources for learning the basics and > > more advanced aspects of ADA. They would be most > > useful if they referenced ADA95 as that appears to > be > > the standard gnats supports. > > When I did an ADA course, Barnes's "Programming in > Ada 95" was the standard > text. That was about 8 years ago, but it's gone to a > second edition since > then. > Thanks, Although it seems to get mixed reviews... Everyone says it isn't for beginners and some flat out blast the book. The biggest problem they say is it reads like a specification manual. I write specs at work so thats not a big deal to me, and nothing is more fun then looking through the IBC or NEC... I understand the basics of object oriented programming, classes, constructors, destructors but the syntax and semantics keeps me from writing C++ now... Does the book read like a specification manual or a tutorial? Honestly I would almost prefer the specification manual, I hate getting talked down too... But on the other hand incomprehensible specs aren't too good either. -brian
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