Re: Book REview

[dave@gte.net]

I hate to reply to my own post, but I just realized that there is an
ambiguous sentence in it.

dave@gte.net wrote:
> 
> 
> >
> > >Perhaps, Mr. O'Keefe should contact
> > >Addison-Wesley about creating an Australian edition.  For that matter, I
> > >would think that the Australians are perfectly capable of writing their
> > >own textbook.
> >
> > Richard is not stupid.  He knows that it would be a waste of time.
> > And you should realise this too ... given your next paragraph.
> 
> Actually, it probably would not be a waste of time:  A-W would not risk any
> sales in the American market by creating a special "Australian edition" --
> or a special "International edition".  

That last sentence will be less ambiguous if it is rewritten as follows:
A-W would not be risking any sales in the American market if they created
a special "Australian edition" -- or a special "International edition".

> Also, I have seen several good
> programming textbooks come out of Australia, so I would certainly encourage
> any Australians who want to write an introduction to Ada book.  (Incidentally,
> any "Australianisms" in the book would probably help to hold the students'
> attentions here in the U.S..  For some reason, we Americans are fascinated
> by Australia.).
> 

> -- Dave Jones
> davedave@io.com