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The concept of concurrency presents a real difficulty to many programmers. In this book Dr Burns introduces the topic and shows how the Ada programming language, which had as a main design specification that it should contain the features necessary for concurrent programming, deals with it. The need to produce software that models inherent parallelism is important in many applications, including embedded real time systems, process control and general purpose multi-processor system software. Although for many other applications of Ada, knowledge of the Tasking Model is not necessary the full power of the language can only really be obtained if this model is understood. ... Read more

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Programming in Ada has long been recognized as the definitive text and reference for the Ada programming language. Originally developed for the U.S. Department of Defense, Ada has become the language of choice for large-scale software systems, especially in the aerospace industry, and for hard real-time and safety-critical software. This fourth edition reflects the imminent Ada 9X standard. ... Read more

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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

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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

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Written from a user's point of view, this text explores many selected advanced features and constructs of ADA and explains how to use them for the best results. It provides examples of how to write clear, correct, maintenance code and gives the reader re-usable components that can be used without modification in their own programs. The book shows how to apply good software engineering principles and techniques to ADA programs through tested and proven methods. The text will be of benefit to military software and commercial software engineers and programmers, educational institutions and ADA programmers. ... Read more

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An excellent book for Computer Science students
This was the first textbook I used as a computer science student in college. It explains concepts in a clear, concise way without losing any of the important details. Although Ada is not the language of choice for manycolleges, it is an excellent language to use as a first step into ComputerScience, and this book is the perfect guide for it. ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies, Ada-Europe 2007, held in Geneva, Switzerland, in June 2007.

The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers address all aspects of reliable software technologies, such as methods and techniques for software development and maintenance, software architectures, enabling technology, software quality, critical systems, distributed systems, as well as Ada language and technology.

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I found it valuable when I needed to learn Ada in a hurry
When I was teaching math in the late 1980's, the computer science department at the college began offering a course in programming with Ada. Since the computer and math groups were combined, I began getting an occasional question from students in the Ada class. In order to generate some expertise in the area quickly, I checked this book out of the library and carefully read it over a weekend.
This proved to be time well spent, while I was in no way qualified to teach Ada, I now understood the language well enough to answer basic questions. I had been programming extensively in Basic, Pascal and Fortran, so I found the differences in Ada fascinating and so continued to study it. At times, a teacher at a small college is required to learn material very quickly and when that happens, quality resources are a necessity. This book filled that role for me.
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This manual teaches the ADA programming language. It can be used by itself or in conjunction with the Introduction to Computer Science text, for universities and colleges that prefer to teach ADA as the first language. The manual includes numerous worked-out sample programs, problems, and exercises. ... Read more