- Hardcover: 476 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 3Rev Ed edition (5 July 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0521866979
- ISBN-13: 978-0521866972
- Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 18.1 x 2.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Ada is the only ISO-standard, object-oriented, concurrent, real-time programming language. It is intended for use in large, long-lived applications where reliability and efficiency are essential, particularly real-time and embedded systems. In this book, Alan Burns and Andy Wellings give a thorough, self-contained account of how the Ada tasking model can be used to construct a wide range of concurrent and real-time systems. This is the only book that focuses on an in-depth discussion of the Ada tasking model. Following on from the authors' earlier title Concurrency in Ada, this book brings the discussion up to date to include the new Ada 2005 language and the recent advances in real-time programming techniques. It will be of value to software professionals and advanced students of programming alike: indeed every Ada programmer will find it essential reading and a primary reference work that will sit alongside the language reference manual.
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Format:Hardcover
The best read for the topic !
The Good things : (1) The book covers all real time /concurrent programming concept in Ada 2005/95 ! (2) The authors are stalwarts in this field of programming (3) The book is nicely printed and look good on the book shelf (4) May be the best book for Ada , if you already know some Ada (Introductory level with some OO Structures).
The Bad things: (1) The programs are not very complete and more of an algorithm , it would be ideal if the book came with a CD , perhaps the motivation is to work out the codes than just plug and play ! :)
All in all the book gets a 4.5/5 , all other texts in the topic (Ben-Ari ,Barnes etc) hardly covers such a wide range.
The Good things : (1) The book covers all real time /concurrent programming concept in Ada 2005/95 ! (2) The authors are stalwarts in this field of programming (3) The book is nicely printed and look good on the book shelf (4) May be the best book for Ada , if you already know some Ada (Introductory level with some OO Structures).
The Bad things: (1) The programs are not very complete and more of an algorithm , it would be ideal if the book came with a CD , perhaps the motivation is to work out the codes than just plug and play ! :)
All in all the book gets a 4.5/5 , all other texts in the topic (Ben-Ari ,Barnes etc) hardly covers such a wide range.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
The "gold standard" for Ada 2005 in concurrent and real-time apps
28 Jan 2008
Format:Hardcover
Fully harnessing multi-core processors requires concurrent programming, yet most mainstream languages have little support or do so with poor portability. Well-written concurrent Ada programs can be extremely portable and support multi-core and multiple processors automatically. This book explores, in-depth, the concurrent programming ("tasking") part of the Ada language. The authors then show how the concurrent programming facilities of Ada are augmented by the language to support real-time programming. These standard real-time facilities are state-of-the-art, extending, for example, beyond the POSIX real-time facilities in their expressive power.
The book first establishes the necessary foundation for understanding concurrent programming by explaining the possible problems (e.g., deadlocks and race conditions) and highlighting some of the mechanisms traditionally used in concurrent programming, such as semaphores and message-passing.
The tasking part of Ada is then covered in full detail, necessarily including interactions with some other parts of the language, such as exceptions, but also including interactions with the Ada object-oriented language facilities. The implementations of a number of reusable concurrency abstractions serve to illustrate the use of the tasking features.
The authors next lay another foundation, this time for scheduling in real-time systems, and show how Ada directly supports the common approaches. Both fixed-priority and dynamic-priority dispatching are supported by Ada and these are covered in detail. Ada 2005 also defines a number of time-related abstractions, such as a monotonic clock and timing events, and these are also covered completely. As in the concurrent programming part of the book, a number of reusable abstractions are implemented; in this section they illustrate the real-time language facilities. A discussion of the popular Ravenscar Profile, adopted by some other languages, is included.
No language is perfect and Ada is no exception. The tasking part of Ada 83 was particularly controversial in the domain of real-time systems. Ada 95 addressed many of these issues and added some new ones. Ada 2005 does the same. These issues are not ignored in the book.
I own 46 books on Ada (not counting older editions of some of them), gathered over 27 years of applying the language. Some are excellent and some not, but this one is highly prized. I highly recommend it to professionals and students alike.
The book first establishes the necessary foundation for understanding concurrent programming by explaining the possible problems (e.g., deadlocks and race conditions) and highlighting some of the mechanisms traditionally used in concurrent programming, such as semaphores and message-passing.
The tasking part of Ada is then covered in full detail, necessarily including interactions with some other parts of the language, such as exceptions, but also including interactions with the Ada object-oriented language facilities. The implementations of a number of reusable concurrency abstractions serve to illustrate the use of the tasking features.
The authors next lay another foundation, this time for scheduling in real-time systems, and show how Ada directly supports the common approaches. Both fixed-priority and dynamic-priority dispatching are supported by Ada and these are covered in detail. Ada 2005 also defines a number of time-related abstractions, such as a monotonic clock and timing events, and these are also covered completely. As in the concurrent programming part of the book, a number of reusable abstractions are implemented; in this section they illustrate the real-time language facilities. A discussion of the popular Ravenscar Profile, adopted by some other languages, is included.
No language is perfect and Ada is no exception. The tasking part of Ada 83 was particularly controversial in the domain of real-time systems. Ada 95 addressed many of these issues and added some new ones. Ada 2005 does the same. These issues are not ignored in the book.
I own 46 books on Ada (not counting older editions of some of them), gathered over 27 years of applying the language. Some are excellent and some not, but this one is highly prized. I highly recommend it to professionals and students alike.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
The definitive work on concurrency in Ada
8 Feb 1999
Format:Paperback
By far the best on the subject. Offers complete coverage of any aspect of concurrency with Ada, including real-time and distributed programming issues. Burns and Wellings are the acknowledged experts on this topic.
The best aspect of the book is the analysis of features and their interactions, providing a depth not available in other texts covering the entire language.
Assumes you know some Ada, but includes an introduction to the sequential part of the language.
I own quite a few books on Ada; this is the one to get if you want the details of Ada concurrency.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
ESSENTIAL & EXCELLENT for every PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMER
12 July 1998
Format:Hardcover
Ada has been one of few languages which provides facilities for concurrent programming, but readings for the feature had been limited. This book is not only the first but also an excellent guide to the capability of the new Ada standard.
It covers,
1.@The Ada Language
2. The Nature and Uses of Concurrent Programming
3. Inter-Process Communication
4. Ada Task Types and Objects
5. The Rendezvous
6. The Select Statement and the Rendezvous
7. Protected Objects and Data-Oriented Communication
8. Avoidance Synchronisation and the Requeue Facility
9. Using Protected Objects as Building Blocks
10. Exceptions, Abort and Asyncronous Transfer of Control
11. Tasking and System Programming
12. Real-Time Programming
13. Object-Oriented Programming and Tasking
14. Distributed Systems
15. Conclusion
Not only Ada programmers, but also all professonal software engineers who design real-time, embedded systems, advanced students of computer science, and even beginners should find it quite useful.
I've read the original print published in 1995, which has been out-of-print.
I am so happy to know it is now to be RE-PRINTed, and every programmers would be.
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