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Summary: Excellant Ada Bible
Review: This book is an excellant book for Ada95. It covers almost all subjects on powerful capability of Ada95. I don't want to recommand this book for beginners as a tutorial but no one could deeply understand Ada95 without this book. However, readers may not recognize much important idea if they do not concetrate since the book is lack of well-organized summary. That's the only thing that I am disappointed with.
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Summary: Unsuitable for an introduction to Ada 95.
Review: This book was used for an introductory course on Ada 95. Big Mistake! It may be more useful for intermediate students studying the language. The author's use of code fragments does not convey how to code complete programs. I got a better understanding about Ada by examining the completed programs provided on the enclosed CD-ROM, which, by the way, came mostly from the Feldman book. Barnes only provides six complete programs of his own. It is like, "Here are code fragments with obtuse explanations for why they are right or wrong and here are six lengthy complete programs to show how creative I can be".To make the language more relevant, provide real-world examples. Explaining the machinations of the Ada compiler would be also helpful.
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Summary: Excellent Book for Ada95
Review: This is an excellent book. It looks like most of the people who didn't like this book are more biased against the Ada language. I come from a C++ and Java background and this book made me change to Ada95. Also, Ada is NOT a dead language. It is being extensively used in my company and the companies we are in contract with. Also, I have worked on projects in Ada in a couple of different countries..so it is being used worldwide. It is a dead language to people with a bad knowledge of the facts and who have a tendency to blame their tools more often than not. This book is a must have for all Ada95(The only standardized Object Oriented Language) programmers. It is great book for a great language...no questions asked. Also, people destined to get DeadEnd jobs will get them whether they know Ada or not.
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Summary: The book to have on Ada 95
Review: This is one of the "must have" books on Ada 95. It is thorough and informative with well thought out examples.
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Summary: this is a BAD book!
Review: This is really a terrible book. It is very hard to understand what the author is talking about. There are very few examples, and none of them are complete! I bought this book because it was recommended by my 'programming languages' lecturer - it was a mistake buying it!!! What is most frustrating, is that the Ada doesn't look too difficult - unfortunately, the book makes it difficult.
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Summary: This is the worst programming book I have ever read!
Review: This is the worst programming book I have ever read - not only for Ada, but for all programming languages. I can't understand how someone gave this book more than 1 star, let alone 5 stars. Stay away from this book, there are plenty of other GOOD books!
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Summary: Outstanding book for Ada practitioners.
Review: This is truly a classic in its field. I have read the negative reviews and note that they seem to come from unhappy students. Such readers would be best directed to an appropriate student textbook such as Feldman & Kaufman, also available on amazon.com. Professional software developers should own this book.
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Summary: The "Bible" for serious Ada users
Review: This should be one of your books if you are really serious about Ada. The author was one of the leaders of the small team that actually designed the Ada language and does a great job of presenting the essentials of the language in a easy to read format. While more complete examples would have helped, this is still the book you want to have on your desk when creating an Ada program. It should not, however, be the only book. Ada is a complex and beautiful language - it helps to see it from more than one view. Many reviewers of this book who gave it a poor score appear to be students or people who don't like the language in any case. If you don't see the value of learning Ada, no book will help that much. Some reviewers could not even spell the language (i.e. it is Ada, named after Ada Lovelace Byron, not ADA as in the American Dental Association). Ada is not as highly used as some other languages but is still a very popular language in certain segments and can provide a rewarding career for the serious student. I have been steadily employed for over 10 years using only Ada and have no trouble making a six figure income. I certainly don't see Ada as a 'dead language'!
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Summary: The "Bible" for serious Ada users
Review: This should be one of your books if you are really serious about Ada. The author was one of the leaders of the small team that actually designed the Ada language and does a great job of presenting the essentials of the language in a easy to read format. While more complete examples would have helped, this is still the book you want to have on your desk when creating an Ada program. It should not, however, be the only book. Ada is a complex and beautiful language - it helps to see it from more than one view. Many reviewers of this book who gave it a poor score appear to be students or people who don't like the language in any case. If you don't see the value of learning Ada, no book will help that much. Some reviewers could not even spell the language (i.e. it is Ada, named after Ada Lovelace Byron, not ADA as in the American Dental Association). Ada is not as highly used as some other languages but is still a very popular language in certain segments and can provide a rewarding career for the serious student. I have been steadily employed for over 10 years using only Ada and have no trouble making a six figure income. I certainly don't see Ada as a 'dead language'!
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Summary: This is NOT visual Basic
Review: You must remember that this (Ada95) is a serious language with the niceness of Java and the horse power of C++. John Barnes has writen a truly splendid book on the subject! Don't read this sitting in the bus on the way to work, no, download Aonix ObjectAda the free version (which has look and feel of MS VC++) and work your way through. You will not be disappointed. I am flabergasted that Ada95 has not had more take up than say C++ let alone Java. Java is also a cool language if a triffle slow.
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