Concurrent and Real-Time Programming in Ada

By Alan Burns, Andy Wellings, Alan Burns

Book Overview

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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521866979
• ISBN13: 9780521866972
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

The "gold standard" for Ada 2005 in concurrent and real-time apps

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...

Good for any programmer

Obviously specifically for Ada but a good resource for any programmer interested in the general concept of concurrent programming. The organization of the chapters and the introduction to concurrency are alone worth the price.

very informative contents about ada task acts

the authors of this book is famous. and the contents of the book do not disappoint me. i have several references about ada. of course, some of the references are written by the author of this book. But, regard to the acting mechanism of ada task, this book is awesome. but, if you are the beginner of real-time & embedded system, you should have another reference(s) to fully understand the meaning of the every article of...

The definitive work on concurrency in Ada

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...

ESSENTIAL & EXCELLENT for every PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMER

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...