Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:53:27 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <beech@alaskaparadise.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Good References and or Books for learning ADA Message-ID: <200610041954.04889.beech@alaskaparadise.com> In-Reply-To: <20061005025706.95706.qmail@web83108.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20061005025706.95706.qmail@web83108.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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--nextPart2613430.Cjssvx5WPp Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 04 October 2006 18:57, backyard wrote: > --- Beech Rintoul <beech@alaskaparadise.com> wrote: > > On Wednesday 04 October 2006 17:39, 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. > > > > > > I would also be interested in resources that > > > > describe > > > > > integrating (I guess linking is more appropriate > > > > of a > > > > > term) C/C++ libraries with ADA. This would mostly > > > > be > > > > > for basic use with X Windows and Motif, GTK, or > > > whatever makes the windows looks nice when I get > > > > that > > > > > far, and OpenGL rendering, and likely ATLAS for > > > crunching numbers. Unless there exists some ADA > > > libraries for any of the above. > > > > > > I went to Borders today and couldn't find anything > > > > and > > > > > a search online would comes up with millions of > > > > books > > > > > that may or may not be useful. > > > > > > I guess I shouldn't be too supprised I couldn't > > > > even > > > > > seem to find a book on Bind at Borders... > > > > I can't help you with ADA, but the O'Reilly book on > > bind is the best one. > > Borders can order it and get it to you in a couple > > of days. They even get > > them that fast up here in Alaska. > > > > Beech > > thanks, thats the one I was looking for and certain > I'd scene before but no luck tonight. ofcourse I had > no trouble finding the complete freebsd tonight which > is what took me hours to find last time amungst the > books on bind... > > the luck of the irish is a lie... > > does that book cover running bind within a jail? or > just the general configuration of the service? I'm pretty sure it does, but my copy is at the office so I can't say for su= re.=20 However, the book is VERY detailed about all aspects of bind. It really is= a=20 must read for anyone serious about running nameservers. For example, it sho= ws=20 you how to split the nameserver so you can resolve your entire inside lan,= =20 but outside it will only resolve the servers you choose. It's also is very= =20 detailed about how to set up dynamic hosts. Beech =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - beech@alaskaparadise.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart2613430.Cjssvx5WPp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFJIHcp5D0B1NlT4URAhc1AJ0fBYz4vTa0jw9iUaK4mm2L21S0MwCdGBqW CNcH5TdGLrCg0mj+/KWNalg= =zxWE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2613430.Cjssvx5WPp--
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