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From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
Subject: Re: Ada 2005 vs Ada 2012
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:43:34 -0400
Date: 2013-03-29T17:43:34-04:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <85mwtlvq49.fsf@stephe-leake.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: kiv7a9$d08$1@dont-email.me

Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> writes:

> On 03/27/2013 04:24 AM, Peter C. Chapin wrote:
>>
>> That said, one of the attractions of the Barnes book is its comprehensiveness.
>> Trimming back material would potentially take away from that.
>
> Seems to me that if a comprehensive text for a language doesn't fit in
> a single volume, that's a sign that the language has become Too Damn
> Big.

No, it's a sign that the notion of "single volume" needs rethinking.

This is the twentyfirst century; why should the number of physical
pieces of paper have anything to do with publishing?

Ada is a large, complex language, but it is very well organized, so a
good programmer has no problem comprehending all of it. Programming is a
large, complex field, so programmers have to learn how to handle
complexity - Ada is a good example.

Personally, all I need now are the RM and the source code, and I read
those on a computer, where I can search. But I did use
Norm Cohen's book when I was starting with Ada. A good, thorough
introduction to _everything_ in the language is very useful.

An eBook edition would be very appropriate for a modern programming
language!

--
-- Stephe



  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-03-29 21:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-26 11:24 Ada 2005 vs Ada 2012 Gour
2013-03-26 15:11 ` Shark8
2013-03-26 21:36   ` Randy Brukardt
2013-03-26 22:24     ` Peter C. Chapin
2013-03-27  7:26       ` Gour
2013-03-27  8:48       ` Maciej Sobczak
2013-03-27 11:24         ` Peter C. Chapin
2013-03-27 14:47           ` Shark8
2013-03-27 16:40           ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-03-27 16:52             ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-03-27 17:32             ` Bill Findlay
2013-03-27 18:19               ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-03-27 18:25                 ` Bill Findlay
2013-03-29 21:43             ` Stephen Leake [this message]
2013-03-27  7:25     ` Gour
2013-03-27 18:58     ` Randy Brukardt
2013-03-27 19:39       ` Gour
2014-05-18  7:43 ` nosratinia
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