From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Writing Book, Need Ada Ammunition
Date: 1999/07/22
Date: 1999-07-22T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1999Jul22.141618.1@eisner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: FF8tz4.77@stuyts.nl
In article <FF8tz4.77@stuyts.nl>, jerry@jvdsys.stuyts.nl writes:
> Ken O. Burtch <ken@tiamet.vaxxine.com> wrote:
>
> : I'm working on a book on Linux programming using Ada 95 and the gnat
> : compiler. The book company I'm speaking with doesn't have a problem
> : publishing a Linux book, but they feel that Ada is a "declining language"
> : that nobody is interested in and that has no future.
>
> How about the number of Ada books published by the competition... have
> a look at amazon.com.
How about the fact that none of those other books are specifically
aimed at the Linux user. I would think having the only book with
a particular slant would count for something.
Larry Kilgallen
P.S., I will buy a copy.
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-07-21 0:00 Writing Book, Need Ada Ammunition Ken O. Burtch
1999-07-21 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Martin C. Carlisle
1999-07-21 0:00 ` jerry
1999-07-22 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-07-22 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
1999-07-22 0:00 ` Markus Kuhn
1999-07-22 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-07-23 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-07-24 0:00 ` Markus Kuhn
1999-07-23 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-07-26 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-07-26 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-07-26 0:00 ` Ken O. Burtch
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