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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.224.172.200 with SMTP id m8mr9909491qaz.0.1364374122383; Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:48:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.49.120.105 with SMTP id lb9mr1318615qeb.17.1364374122356; Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:48:42 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!t2no21270265qal.0!news-out.google.com!k8ni11100qas.0!nntp.google.com!ca1no11807142qab.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:48:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=195.182.34.201; posting-account=bMuEOQoAAACUUr_ghL3RBIi5neBZ5w_S NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.182.34.201 References: <87wqsuo13u.fsf@atmarama.net> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <5752e888-09a3-4c2b-b37c-fa18b0207c95@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Ada 2005 vs Ada 2012 From: Maciej Sobczak Injection-Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:48:42 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:14741 Date: 2013-03-27T01:48:42-07:00 List-Id: W dniu wtorek, 26 marca 2013 23:24:11 UTC+1 u=C5=BCytkownik Peter C. Chapin= napisa=C5=82: > I was left with the impression that he wasn't sure what to do. I think=20 > he'd like to update the book but he definitely didn't like the idea of=20 > going to a two volume work. But "Programming in Ada 2005" + "Ada 2012 Rationale" *is* a two-volume work= already. Merging these two together even in the form of two-volume book, but with a = single title "Programming in Ada 2012" could look better on bookshelves as = the message to prospective buyer is different. Who's going to buy "Programm= ing in Ada 2005" today? For today's fresh graduates, for example, year 2005= is a distant history, long before they went to university. Stone age, that= is. How is that going to compete with all the buzzwords that they are expo= sed to nowadays? Even if it is barely a marketing issue, it should not be neglected. Note th= at the direct competition, C++11, is starting to hit the shelves at booksto= res. Ada2012 looks much better than Ada2005 in this context, so I'd argue f= or a title refresh, even if it could be just a cover replacement. --=20 Maciej Sobczak * http://www.msobczak.com * http://www.inspirel.com