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A great book for Ada 83 users
John was one of the creators of Ada83 and his books have long been regarded as the "Bibles' of the Ada language. This is a great book for anyone using Ada 83 (which is still in heavy use in many defensecompanies).It also gives a nice intoduction to the new Ada 95 (called Ada9x at the time of this edition).This book covers the entire language ingreat detail yet avoids many of the 'language lawyer' issues that mightconfuse the beginning Ada programmer. I have used Ada for about 10 years inavionics and simulation applications and have always recommended John'sbooks to newcommers to Ada. The inclusion of more complete examples wouldhave helped (and have been added in later editions). While there are manygood books on Ada available, this one still ranks as one of the best.Itshould not be the only book you use to learn the language (if you're reallyserious) but it should be one of them!

One of the worst programming language books I have read.
Althougth the writing style was not terrible (for a book on a programming language), the utiliity of this book is near zero.There are no complete example programs in the book.In order to understand how different parts in an Ada program interact it would be helpful if complete programs were included. This book was assigned reading for a programming language course. ... Read more

Book Description
This textbook introduces the Ada programming language in a manner suitable for students with little or no previous experience of programming. It shows how solutions can be systematically designed and how these solutions can then be implemented on a computer. The early parts of the book concentrate on solving small problems while the later parts show how packages can be used in the construction of reliable large programs. As Ada is a complex and versatile language, no attempt is made to cover it all. The author concentrates on central features such as data types, subprograms, packages, separate compilation, exceptions and files. He provides in addition a large number of complete Ada programs, all of which have been tested on the York Ada compiler. The final version of the Ada language (ANSI/MIL-STD-1815A-1983) is used throughout. ... Read more

Product Description
Contents: Intro, A simple program, Types I, Types II, Classical programming, Access types and derived types, Numeric Types, Program structures I visibility and packages, and much more. ... Read more

Book Description
The book presents the rationale behind the design and development of the programming language Ada. The material, incorporating corrections to its original printing by the Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO), will be essential reading for all those currently using the language as well as those considering its adoption. ... Read more