It's interesting that those who know something about Ada give it 5 stars, and those who know nothing (generally seem to be students) hate the book and give it 1 star. Nothing in between. Looks more like a failure of the professors who assign a book not intended for students. I recall, way back in ancient history, having a violently negative reaction to Wirth's Pascal book (which, to be fair, was pretty bad.) What they need is an actual textbook, not a practitioner's book. -- Dave Wood, Aonix Pat Rogers wrote: > > As mentioned in earlier posts to comp.lang.ada, John's book has > received only a few positive reviews and a number of very negative > ones at amazon.com. The unfortunate effect is that the summary > "stars" rating -- what one sees initially, without digging -- is IMHO > very misleading and does damage to a fine book. > > Several people have indicated on c.l.a. that they had a high regard > for the book, especially the second edition. Let me suggest to > everyone that has both read and enjoyed John's book to go to > www.amazon.com, do a ISBN search on 0201342936, and enter a review. > > --- > Pat Rogers Training and Consulting in: > http://www.classwide.com Deadline Schedulability Analysis > [log in to unmask] Software Fault Tolerance > (281)648-3165 Real-Time/OO Languages