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Summary: not a 'for dummys' book but excellent after that
Review: A great book to deepen your knowledge on Ada95. I would recommend to start learning Ada95 with another book but after doing your first steps this one will be a great help in improving your Ada skills
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Summary: It doesn't deserve that many stars.
Review: Ada, a dead language that will get you a dead end job is shown in all it's splendor here. After reading the second chapter you're supposed to be able to write your own business and scientific applications. Yeah right! This book isn't just the worst programming book I've ever seen, but also the worst book I EVER read. If you REALLY want to learn Ada, use ADA 95: Problem Solving and Program Design by Koffman and Feldman. It teaches you at least.
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Summary: The most comprehensive Ada95 Book I've read
Review: Although it has a tendency to be dry, it does a very good job of explaining each part of Ada in such a way that it can be understood by the non-ada person.
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Summary: very bad
Review: An awful book. I could barely understand anything, as no examples were complete. The object oriented section was incomprehensible at all. I would recommend leaving this book aside and get a real Ada teaching book. ( )
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Summary: very bad
Review: An awful book. I could barely understand anything, as no examples were complete. The object oriented section was incomprehensible at all. I would recommend leaving this book aside and get a real Ada teaching book. ( )
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Summary: Good tutorial - as your 2nd+ language
Review: As a newcommer to Ada from previously using C and Pascal I found this book very useful. It is probally not the best book if you do not have some programming experience. It is also a good read because of Barnes British humor!
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Summary: not good no examples
Review: Before I bought this book I read all the reviews, some were bad, some were good... I decided to listen to the good ones... What a mistake this has been... How can anyone say this is a good book..? It's unreadable! I loaned another book from the library, and now I understand Ada95 much better than before - just by looking at the examples from the other book. Learn from my mistake - DON'T BUY THIS BOOk!
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Summary: What a mistake...
Review: Before I bought this book I read all the reviews, some were bad, some were good... I decided to listen to the good ones... What a mistake this has been... How can anyone say this is a good book..? It's unreadable! I loaned another book from the library, and now I understand Ada95 much better than before - just by looking at the examples from the other book. Learn from my mistake - DON'T BUY THIS BOOk!
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Summary: Too difficult if you have no previous knowledge of Ada 95
Review: Book to difficult for readers heaving no previous knowledge of Ada 95 - even with some programming experience in other languages such as C++.
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Summary: A great learning aid.
Review: I learned Ada 83 years ago with the help of an earlier version of this book. I have recently been continuing this pattern with Ada 95. Mr. Barnes does a great job explaining the subject matter, without getting bogged down in minutiae. The code examples and exercises are also quite helpful. I highly recommend this book.
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