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From: Ed Falis on 23 Apr 2008 09:36 On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:25:44 -0400, Peter Hermann <ica2ph(a)lucky.ihr.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote: > John McCabe <john(a)nospam.assen.demon.co.uk.nospam> wrote: >> Now that Burns/Wellings book has been out for a little while, can > > > out ? > > > Concurrent and Real-Time Programming in Ada see: > http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521866972 I think "out" meant "available" in this context. ;-) The Burns/Welling book really is excellent on concurrency and RT programming, and worth owning. I'd probably still go with the J. Barnes book to look into other Ada 05 changes. Figure you'll scan for what you want, rather than read it cover to cover.
From: Anh Vo on 23 Apr 2008 11:43 On Apr 23, 6:36 am, "Ed Falis" <fa...(a)verizon.net> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:25:44 -0400, Peter Hermann > > <ica...(a)lucky.ihr.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote: > > John McCabe <j...(a)nospam.assen.demon.co.uk.nospam> wrote: > >> Now that Burns/Wellings book has been out for a little while, can > > > out ? > > > Concurrent and Real-Time Programming in Ada see: > >http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521866972 > > I think "out" meant "available" in this context. ;-) > > The Burns/Welling book really is excellent on concurrency and RT > programming, and worth owning. I'd probably still go with the J. Barnes > book to look into other Ada 05 changes. Figure you'll scan for what you > want, rather than read it cover to cover. I owned both of these books (Programming in Ada 2005 by John Barnes and Concurrent and Real-Time Programming in Ada by Alan Burns and Andy Wellings). Of course, I have not read every thing but I did read every thing about Ada 2005 specially in the area of OOP and concurrency combination. I am in the process of reading them the second time and test them out with real codes. I am thinking of writing concurrency utilities (components) as suggested by Alan Burns. I would suggest that you look at these books. AV
From: Gene on 23 Apr 2008 19:11 "John McCabe" <john(a)nospam.assen.demon.co.uk.nospam> wrote in message news:rspt04d11q62tag8r4556k3fcst7949805(a)4ax.com... > Hi All > > Now that Burns/Wellings book has been out for a little while, can > anyone suggest which would be the better book for someone who has used > Ada a lot in the past (83 and 95) and wants to know more about using > Ada 2005 in the real world? The title of Burns/Wellings books suggests > that it might be best for me, as I develop embedded, concurrent > real-time systems (currently in C++), but I wonder how much is > specific to the changes involved in Ada 2005. Previously my favourite > Ada book was Cohen's Ada As A Second Language. If you liked Cohen, you'll like Programming in Ada 2005 by John Barnes. The style is similar: Maybe a bit less terse, but for me a bit more readable.
From: John McCabe on 24 Apr 2008 03:34 "(see below)" <yaldnif.w(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >On 23/04/2008 14:25, in article fundco$dng$2(a)infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de, >"Peter Hermann" <ica2ph(a)lucky.ihr.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote: > >> John McCabe <john(a)nospam.assen.demon.co.uk.nospam> wrote: >>> Now that Burns/Wellings book has been out for a little while, can >> >> >> out ? > >"out" = "published" Is that a Scottish thing then? Thanks for the translation Bill :-)
From: John McCabe on 24 Apr 2008 03:38
John McCabe <john(a)nospam.assen.demon.co.uk.nospam> wrote: >Hi All > >Now that Burns/Wellings book has been out for a little while, can >anyone suggest which would be the better book for someone who has used >Ada a lot in the past (83 and 95) and wants to know more about using >Ada 2005 in the real world? The title of Burns/Wellings books suggests >that it might be best for me, as I develop embedded, concurrent >real-time systems (currently in C++), but I wonder how much is >specific to the changes involved in Ada 2005. Previously my favourite >Ada book was Cohen's Ada As A Second Language. Dear All Thanks for your comments. A colleague has ordered the Barnes book, so I'm going to go with the Burns/Wellings one and then we'll probably swap :-) That's the first time I've ever managed to directly persuade someone that Ada is worth looking at. Funnily enough the fact that he's been using VHDL for a while now contributed to it as he can understand the advantages of strong typing and so on. John |