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From: Bill Findlay <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Introduction to Ada Programming, 2nd Edition
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2018 16:10:15 +0100
Date: 2018-07-04T16:10:15+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0001HW.20ED1AD70315263D70000D7EC2CF@news.individual.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 94112ae1-bda2-455d-b61f-e5fa660ccd42@googlegroups.com

> Le samedi 30 juin 2018 05:23:23 UTC+2, Andrew Shvets a écrit:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > In 2016, I published an introductory Ada book as an e-book. This time
> > around, I have created a second version of this book, located here:
> > https://amzn.to/2KC3Zic
> >
> > This is what the second edition has:
> > - It's in print. You can buy a printed version. I've read programming
> > e-books before, but mostly it has been a question if my screen/monitor was
> > large enough to correctly display the source-code (it often was, but was
> > impossible on an iPhone).
> > - I added a chapter on networking. Networking is something that I'm working
> > on improving my understanding. Only after I sufficiently understood how to
> > implement examples in Ada did I add this to my next book.
> > - There is a chapter on how to build libraries. Packages and methods are
> > great for encapsulating code and making it more reuseable. However, not
> > having to re-compile the code is simply phenomenal.
> > - There is a chapter on proofs. In my previous book, this was a part of a
> > chapter. In this book, it is a chapter. Such an important topic earned its
> > own chapter.
> > - I had a professional editor looked over the book. After my first attempt,
> > I realized that there is plenty of room for improvement in subsequent
> > versions. As a result, I hired a professional to give me invaluable input
> > on specific things that I can do better.
> >
> > I'm open to sending PDFs as review copies, please send your requests to:
> > introductory dot ada at gmail dot com
> >
> > Thank you for those -- on this mailing list -- who have helped me better
> > understand Ada!
> >
> > --Andrew

I bought it.
The Kindle app will not open it on my iPad.

-- 
Bill Findlay

  reply	other threads:[~2018-07-04 15:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-06-30  3:23 Introduction to Ada Programming, 2nd Edition Andrew Shvets
2018-07-04 12:24 ` Olivier Henley
2018-07-04 12:34   ` Olivier Henley
2018-07-04 14:14 ` gerard.gaspard
2018-07-04 15:10   ` Bill Findlay [this message]
2018-07-04 15:58     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-07-04 23:15       ` Bill Findlay
2018-07-05  7:44         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-07-05 15:40           ` Bill Findlay
2018-07-06  8:38             ` G.B.
2018-07-05  1:08 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-07-05 13:47   ` Anatoly Chernyshev
2018-07-05  4:47 ` Paul Rubin
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