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Ada for Software Engineers

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Mordechai Ben-Ari

    1. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

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  • The constructs of the language are taught within the context of large case studies such as discrete event simulation
  • Includes quizzes that explore unusual rules of the language
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Language for a Complex World

    Pages 1-11

  3. First Steps in Ada

    Pages 13-30

  4. Subprograms

    Pages 31-40

  5. Arrays

    Pages 41-58

  6. Elementary Data Structures

    Pages 59-72

  7. Packages and Abstract Data Types

    Pages 73-98

  8. Type Extension and Inheritance

    Pages 99-123

  9. Type Extension and Inheritance (Continued)

    Pages 125-142

  10. Generics

    Pages 143-170

  11. Exceptions and Run-Time Checks

    Pages 171-187

  12. Composite Types

    Pages 189-215

  13. Access Types

    Pages 217-243

  14. Numeric Types

    Pages 245-276

  15. Input–Output

    Pages 277-286

  16. Program Structure

    Pages 287-306

  17. Containers

    Pages 307-321

  18. Interfaces and Multiple Inheritance

    Pages 323-343

  19. Concurrency

    Pages 345-373

  20. Concurrency (Continued)

    Pages 375-399
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About this book

Ada is the programming language of choice for high integrity software systems and is used extensively in industries such as transportation and aerospace. Special features of the book include: Object-oriented programming, concurrency, and embedded and real-time systems are emphasized. Ada for Software Engineers explains the language concepts and the terminology of the standards document, the Ada Reference Manual (ARM). Extracts from the ARM are used throughtout and there are extensive cross references to the ARM. A comprehensive glossary and technical quizzes assist the reader in developing the ability to use the ARM as a practical reference. Comparisons with familiar languages like C and Java are given to facilitate the transition to Ada. The features of Ada 2005 are used routinely, but they are carefully identified, so that programmers using Ada 95 will also find the textbook useful. The companion website contains the full source code of nearly 100 case studies and 100 technical quizzes.

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From the reviews of the second edition: “The text covers all of the main parts of Ada that an experienced programmer will be looking to understand … .The examples are generally quite good and well formatted … . This book would probably be a good fit for someone who is experienced both in programming and in reading specifications, who already knows … Ada to write simple programs and who has a copy of the Ada Reference Manual at hand to look things up as required.” (Jeffery Putnam, ACM Computing Reviews, February, 2009)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

    Mordechai Ben-Ari

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