Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 21:48:50 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <beech@alaskaparadise.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Good References and or Books for learning ADA Message-ID: <200610042149.03677.beech@alaskaparadise.com> In-Reply-To: <20061005042003.36672.qmail@web83102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20061005042003.36672.qmail@web83102.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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--nextPart2368964.L7t4qVnuO6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 04 October 2006 20:20, backyard wrote: > --- Beech Rintoul <beech@alaskaparadise.com> wrote: > > On Wednesday 04 October 2006 18:57, backyard wrote: > > > --- Beech Rintoul <beech@alaskaparadise.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 04 October 2006 17:39, backyard > > > > wrote: > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > > > > > I'm looking to teach myself ADA using the Gnu > > > > > > > > Compiler > > > > > > > > > Collection and GNATS as my compiler under an > > > > i386 > > > > > > > FreeBSD 6.X system. I'm just curious if any > > > > ADA > > > > > > > programmers out there can point me to some > > > > decent > > > > > > > books/online resources for learning the basics > > > > and > > > > > > > more advanced aspects of ADA. They would be > > > > most > > > > > > > useful if they referenced ADA95 as that > > > > appears to > > > > > > be > > > > > > > > > the standard gnats supports. > > > > > > > > > > I would also be interested in resources that > > > > > > > > describe > > > > > > > > > integrating (I guess linking is more > > > > appropriate > > > > > > of a > > > > > > > > > term) C/C++ libraries with ADA. This would > > > > mostly > > > > > > be > > > > > > > > > for basic use with X Windows and Motif, GTK, > > > > or > > > > > > > whatever makes the windows looks nice when I > > > > get > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > far, and OpenGL rendering, and likely ATLAS > > > > for > > > > > > > crunching numbers. Unless there exists some > > > > ADA > > > > > > > libraries for any of the above. > > > > > > > > > > I went to Borders today and couldn't find > > > > anything > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > a search online would comes up with millions > > > > of > > > > > > books > > > > > > > > > that may or may not be useful. > > > > > > > > > > I guess I shouldn't be too supprised I > > > > couldn't > > > > > > even > > > > > > > > > seem to find a book on Bind at Borders... > > > > > > > > I can't help you with ADA, but the O'Reilly book > > > > on > > > > > > bind is the best one. > > > > Borders can order it and get it to you in a > > > > couple > > > > > > of days. They even get > > > > them that fast up here in Alaska. > > > > > > > > Beech > > > > > > thanks, thats the one I was looking for and > > > > certain > > > > > I'd scene before but no luck tonight. ofcourse I > > > > had > > > > > no trouble finding the complete freebsd tonight > > > > which > > > > > is what took me hours to find last time amungst > > > > the > > > > > books on bind... > > > > > > the luck of the irish is a lie... > > > > > > does that book cover running bind within a jail? > > > > or > > > > > just the general configuration of the service? > > > > I'm pretty sure it does, but my copy is at the > > office so I can't say for sure. > > However, the book is VERY detailed about all > > aspects of bind. It really is a > > must read for anyone serious about running > > nameservers. For example, it shows > > you how to split the nameserver so you can resolve > > your entire inside lan, > > but outside it will only resolve the servers you > > choose. It's also is very > > detailed about how to set up dynamic hosts. > > > > Beech > > -- > > that is one of the things I wanted to know how to do > properly... This is Just O'Rielly; Bind or is it one > of those in a nutshells books. Just want to make sure > before I pick up the wrong one. I trust it covers > version 9? if you don't mind and can remember when you > get back to the office can you send the ISBN just in > case I need to order it. > > or a quick search on Amazon came up with > DNS and Bind 5th edition > by Cricket Lui and Paul Albitz > O'Reilly Publishing > > is this the one your refering too? Yes, that's the right book. Beech =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - beech@alaskaparadise.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart2368964.L7t4qVnuO6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFJJzPp5D0B1NlT4URAgLuAJ43HXmQsPQ64Z8pxhrdQIVfDW/oagCfXZps MItjVbkYyuG7D1w9Jy2otMw= =rEve -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2368964.L7t4qVnuO6--
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