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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f07bb9ac7d62ae58 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Jerry Petrey Subject: Re: Book reviews of John Barnes' latest Ada 95 book Date: 1999/02/08 Message-ID: <36BEFE0B.8861A2D1@hercii.mar.lmco.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 441854888 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <79f9mi$r45$1@remarQ.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Lockheed Martin Corporation Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-02-08T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Pat Rogers wrote: > > As mentioned in earlier posts, John's book has received only a few > positive reviews and a number of rather odd and very negative ones. > The unfortunate effect is that the summary "stars" rating -- what one > sees initially -- is IMHO very misleading and does damage to a fine > book. > > Several people have indicated here on c.l.a. that they highly regarded > the book. Let me suggest to everyone that has both read and enjoyed > John's book to go to www.amazon.com, do a ISBN search on 0201342936, > and enter a review. > > I promise this is the last time I will harp on this issue. I learned > Ada from his blue and green books and it really annoys me to see this > latest one unjustifiably trashed. > > --- > Pat Rogers Training & Development in: > http://www.classwide.com Deadline Schedulability Analysis > progers@acm.org Software Fault Tolerance > (281)648-3165 Real-Time/OO Languages I fully agree. It is a shame that a few idiots (who obviously chose the wrong field of study) can do such damage to one the best assets the Ada language has had. Take the time and submit a fair review, even if only a few words! Jerry -- ===================================================================== = Jerry Petrey - Consultant Software Engineer - Member Team Ada = = Lockheed Martin Member Team Forth = =====================================================================