karl@grebyn.com (Karl Nyberg) (07/14/89)
In article <389@opusys.UUCP> you write: >Can anyone please tell me where I can get the >Ada LRM (Language Reference Manual) and what is the price ? You can get a slightly outdated version of the LRM in electronic form via FTP from the AJPO.SEI.CMU.EDU host or from the Ada Software Repository located on the WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL host on the Internet. Any of the half-dozen companies that redistribute the ASR can get it for you in that form. Window Book (617-661-9515) has the LRM in hypertext for the PC. I don't know what the price is. I have heard that others are doing this, but don't have any hard references. I understand that Castle House Pulisher, Ltd publishes it, and I seem to recall that Prentice-Hall also publishes it. Cambridge University Press has a series on Ada and might have it. You might check with a bookstore to see. I think that some textbooks on Ada have included it as an appendix, but I can't think of any such at the moment. You can get a single copy free from the Navy Publications & Forms Center, 215-697-1667. I think you may have to do it in writing. Quantity copies can be ordered from the Government Printing Office (GPO) at $8.00 per copy I believe, at 202-783-3238. Some compiler companies have repackaged the LRM for distribution, while others include it with their product. For example, Verdix includes (at least in my case included) a copy of the actual manual. I have seen a copy printed up and distributed with the Alsys compiler in a smaller format. DEC has taken and inserted their "implementation-specific" notes inline (in red) in their manual. Grebyn (aside to the pundits: after crediting everybody else, you think I'm not going to mention this?) publishes the LRM with the Ada Issues integrated inline. You can probably also get a copy by taking an Ada training course. I would be surprised to find that trainers don't at least OFFER you a complimentary copy with the course. -- Karl -- (p.s. to the pundits: I don't need any disclaimers. I sold all my stock in Verdix and DEC to buy a house. And my opinion IS the company's opinion - I own the company!)