Ada As A Second Language

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Summary: Very Nice!
Review: After starting with the online Ada Lovelace tutorial, I wanted to find a nice detailed book and found Cohen's 2ed to be excellent. It is full of good stuff (heck, >1000 pages!) and even covers system programming.

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Summary: The only Ada 95 book you will need!
Review: Dr. Cohen has done it again. His second edition of Ada As A Second Language should be essential to the Ada developer as well as the instructor. In my 12 years of teaching Ada, his books are the only text I have recommended for my students. He has the ability to clearly state abstract terminology which, for some, eases the learning transition to Ada technology. A required text for anyone in the software development arena thinking about using Ada or is already using it.

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Summary: Excellent reference source for Ada 95!
Review: Excellent source for the details of Ada 95. Lots of excellent examples. I use this as the textbook for an Advanced Ada course that I teach. Mark Oestmann

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Summary: The ultimate Ada95 book, if you are experienced programmer.
Review: Over two years back, I had to write and test huge amount of code (about 200-330K LOC) in Ada 95 (I had over 8 yrs. Ada 83 experience) in very short time. A colleague suggested to use this book. It has helped me in every way. The book contains very clear explanations about all the new concepts in Ada and it also covers the real-time issues, OOP, low-level multilingual programming, distributed programming etc.

Although, it was written for the "C" programmers who are new to Ada, I have since then worked on two more major programs and this is the only Ada95 book I am continuously using together with the Ada 95 LRM.

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Summary: The First book I always "goto" for help in Ada95
Review: The first edition of this book was my second Ada83 book, but quickly became my favorite. The only way to have improved on the original was to write another about the new and improved Ada standard, Ada95. I have recommended this book to numerous co-workers, both new to the language and old timers, and all agree this is among the best. The sections at the end of each chapter explaining the differences from Ada83 are helpful for those of us familiar with Ada95 but are still using Ada83. The examples in the book are excellent and provide just enough information to solve specific questions without getting bogged down in the details. I have used the first edition through the second from student to professional and look forward to a third some time in the next century.

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Summary: The best book on Ada 95.
Review: This book is the best Ada 95 book in the market. It covers everything about Ada 95 (core language plus all six specialized annexes). Chapters are presented in a tutorial format. Examples in the book are practical and realistic. Best of all you learn features of Ada 95 with a tremendous clarity. What is unbelievable is the ability of the author to teach you some complex topics in a step by step manner leaving no room for confusion. This book is complete in every way and entertaining. If you are a serious Ada developer this is a MUST BOOK. I use this book to teach adavnced Ada 95 classes.

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Summary: Not a book for those new to Ada
Review: This is a poor book to learn Ada from. I'll agree that the book is a good reference tool, once you have a firm grasp on the language. I took a course four years ago with 14 other experienced programmers (Ada, C, ...), all of them thought this book was difficult to use as a learning tool. It lacks good examples and is poorly orginized. Go elsewhere if your new to Ada 95.