From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM,PDS_FROM_2_EMAILS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 X-Received: by 2002:ac8:75ca:: with SMTP id z10mr5514699qtq.345.1601699004708; Fri, 02 Oct 2020 21:23:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:ac8:4b68:: with SMTP id g8mr2059033qts.339.1601699004483; Fri, 02 Oct 2020 21:23:24 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.gegeweb.eu!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!209.85.160.216.MISMATCH!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 21:23:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2601:18f:900:4870:d83b:87bf:8b88:a5d6; posting-account=3pYsyQoAAACcI-ym7XtMOI2PDU8gRZS5 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2601:18f:900:4870:d83b:87bf:8b88:a5d6 References: <87muca3vgd.fsf@nightsong.com> <5dc38284-90e2-4e9e-b701-6b1916a9867d@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <2385f0f9-90c7-4e67-b187-1de0c2ea9e56n@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Beginning Ada Programming, by Andrew T. Shvets (2020) From: "andrew...@gmail.com" Injection-Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2020 04:23:24 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:60392 List-Id: On Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 8:39:25 AM UTC-4, chrsco...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, 17 April 2020 04:58:59 UTC+1, Andrew Shvets wrote:=20 > > Hi,=20 > >=20 > > I just stumbled across this thread (I haven't been here a while). Hence= the very late reply.=20 > >=20 > > The book is pretty much the same as my "Introduction to Ada Programming= ". The one key advantage in the Apress version is that the Index is much mu= ch much better now. Also, I feel like that the formatting is vastly improve= d than what it was before.=20 > >=20 > > Lastly, by going with Apress, it improves the status and visibility of = Ada. It's no longer the language of someone that programmed when Reagan was= president. It gives it a new feel of vitality and drives home the point th= at Ada is not "dead".=20 > >=20 > > I'm under contract with Apress for a 2nd edition for this book. That on= e will have much more information (such as a chapter on making GUIs). I'm s= till working on that one.=20 >=20 > Hi Andrew I am currently studying a degree in Computing and IT, apart fro= m web programming, the main programming languages taught are Python and Jav= a. I am only in the second year, so am starting Java in October.=20 >=20 > I came across an Ada SIG on ASM and couldn't believe Ada was still going = (I had once tried Ada 20+ years ago). Among other internet resources that g= ive plenty of information, I searched the virtual library on the university= . As the university partners with o'rielly your book was available to borro= w online.=20 >=20 > I've read through the first couple of chapters and love your accessible a= pproach. I have studied Python, however, I'm not a seasoned programmer. So = because you started with the basics I found it a lot easier to digest. So m= uch so that I've ordered a physical copy from Amazon.=20 >=20 > So two things, well done getting a current Ada resource so accessible and= thank you for making it easy to digest. I will in time read more advanced = books, but for now this is exactly what I need. I'm glad that you liked it. That was my whole point. Please keep reading = and let me know if you see any other way to improve the book :)