From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,603ffd4a878bd6cc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!out02a.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!in02.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trndny08.POSTED!bc367dd8!not-for-mail Subject: Re: Cohen: "Ada As A Second Language" - 05 Update? From: "Christopher J. Henrich" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: <040520072149319454%chenrich@monmouth.com> References: <1177680878.226297.151180@s33g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <1178149620.087751.309640@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> <1178290919.801968.176460@n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Macintosh Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Thoth/1.7.2 (Carbon/OS X) Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 01:49:31 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.243.176.215 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: trndny08 1178329771 71.243.176.215 (Fri, 04 May 2007 21:49:31 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 21:49:31 EDT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15549 Date: 2007-05-05T01:49:31+00:00 List-Id: In article <1178290919.801968.176460@n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, Lucretia wrote: > > "Lucretia" wrote in message > > > > news:1178149620.087751.309640@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...> On Apr 27, > > 2:34 pm, PnkFlyd wrote: > > > > > I sent an email to Norman Cohen a while back about an update to the > > > book, here's his reply: > > > > 1) Cohen's book is not really "out-of-date." While it does not > > cover some of the new features of the latest version of Ada, > > it does cover the features of the largest revision of the language, > > to date. Everything in the Cohen book will still work. > > I never said it was out of date, I said it was out of print. Big > difference! > > Also, with it being out of print, the cost of the book is hugely > inflated, over here it's at least �70, not necessarily for a new copy! Can you buy from Abebooks ? If so, you can find several copies at much less that 70 pounds. It's also true that you can find some copies at more than 200 pounds, but they must be, well, special. -- Chris Henrich http://www.mathinteract.com God just doesn't fit inside a single religion.