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 10.107.145.85 with SMTP id t82mr17857191iod.38.1483481918071; Tue, 03 Jan 2017 14:18:38 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.157.18.211 with SMTP id g77mr2987107otg.14.1483481918043; Tue, 03 Jan 2017 14:18:38 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!b123no8817itb.0!news-out.google.com!g131ni32itg.0!nntp.google.com!b123no8809itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 14:18:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2601:18f:900:f900:453d:87a5:de7c:1786; posting-account=3pYsyQoAAACcI-ym7XtMOI2PDU8gRZS5 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2601:18f:900:f900:453d:87a5:de7c:1786 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <60e2a053-d033-40c2-b45c-fd7fae4c5f7e@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Introductory Ada Programming Book From: Andrew Shvets Injection-Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2017 22:18:38 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:33030 Date: 2017-01-03T14:18:37-08:00 List-Id: On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 10:31:18 AM UTC-5, Patrick Noffke wrote: > On Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 7:18:08 AM UTC-6, Andrew Shvets wrote: > > Hello, > >=20 > > My name is Andrew Shvets. I've been learning how to program in Ada ove= r the past few years. As someone that came from C/C++, Java and Python man= y of the concepts that were in Ada were not easy to digest at first. After= spending a fair amount of time looking for a guide that would help me out = (something that would guide me through much of the ideas in Ada in a gentle= manner was strongly preferred and be focused on Ada 2012), I couldn't find= something like this (there is, on the other hand plenty of material that w= ould explain more advanced concepts.) Having mastered many of the basic co= ncepts in this wonderful language, I figured that having a guide for this w= ould be very helpful and wrote one. Hence the book "Introductory Ada Progr= amming Book: A Book for Beginner Programmers and Beginners to Ada". The go= al was to create a roadmap for those new to Ada learn more quickly and gain= a certain level of mastery. > >=20 > > https://www.amazon.com/Introductory-Ada-Programming-Book-Programmers-eb= ook/dp/B01N6D5TPE/ref=3Dsr_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&qid=3D1483189391&sr=3D8-1&keywords= =3Dintroductory+ada > >=20 > > I'm open to sending PDFs as review copies, please send your requests to= : > > introductory dot ada at gmail dot com > >=20 > > Thank you for taking the time to read through this! Also, thank you fo= r those -- on this mailing list -- who have helped me better understand Ada= ! > >=20 > > Looking forward to hearing from everyone! > >=20 > > --Andrew >=20 > Hi Andrew, >=20 > Thank you for creating your book. I think it's great that you have done = so. >=20 > I read the introduction and noticed several grammatical errors. I sugges= t you have a copy editor edit your book. It shouldn't cost you too much, a= nd it will provide a much better first impression to your readers. >=20 > Good luck and best regards, > Patrick Hello Patrick, I agree that there are some flaws with the editing. I haven't had a profes= sional look at it. With this work, my goal is to gauge how well it's recei= ved and try for a 2nd edition this year (but I can't promise this, so no gu= arantees) that will have a once-over by a professional editor. This projec= t was run on-purpose on a shoe-string budget since I wasn't sure how well i= t would be received. If the response is large enough, then I'd love to make a more polished prod= uct in the future. --Andrew