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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,af5bf4e3cf0c28b8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-06 02:31:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!newsfeed1.telenordia.se!algonet!pepsi.tninet.se!not-for-mail From: Mats Karlssohn Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Cannot use NULL as identifier? Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 11:28:37 +0200 Organization: MIDA Systemutveckling AB Message-ID: <3B1DF7C5.A86CD69A@mida.se> References: <9f2tuk$hbg$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9f5n1i$iqq$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B17A028.A4A91C3F@brighton.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: sdu55-250.ppp.algonet.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: cubacola.tninet.se 991819625 9672 195.163.250.55 (6 Jun 2001 09:27:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@algo.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Jun 2001 09:27:05 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8213 Date: 2001-06-06T09:27:05+00:00 List-Id: Stephen Leake wrote: %< > Just going out on a limb here - > > Are paper textbooks really still necessary? Wouldn't a PDF file > downloaded to the student's computer serve? > > It seems to me anyone taking an Ada course will have good access to a > computer capable of displaying PDF files. I know I _much_ prefer > online documentation to paper books! I'd say: "YES they are!" I tend to do alot of my "study type" reading in in bed (or laying on the carpet), and holding a screen is a bit heavvy :) As for reference documents the opposite is true, I (almost) only use them in front of the computer and I probably want to do rbitrary searches in them, so a hypertex version is preferable (but a .pdf is better than nothing). I'd sure love the "Ada quality and style" as HTML documents... -- Mats Karlssohn, developer mailto:mats@mida.se Mida Systemutveckling AB http://www.mida.se Box 64, S-732 22 ARBOGA, SWEDEN Phone: +46-(0)589-89808 Fax: +46-(0)589-89809