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From: Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Seek advice - "Ada for Smart People"
Date: 2000/01/31
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In article <20000129150740.12476.00000187@nso-fg.aol.com>,
	bscrawford@aol.com (BSCrawford) wrote:

>Well, I have drafted a small volume called "Ada Essentials: 
>Overview, Examples and Glossary" and now I am hoping to find a 
>publisher.  This is new territory for me, and I seek any advice 
>you teamers care to give, as to specific publishers I might 
>contact or how to go about this process in general. 

Bard and I seem to be moving in the same direction.  I have a 
little booklet I use as a supplement in my Ada classes, including a
glossary, I call "Ada Distilled."   I wonder how many others are 
developing this kind of thing.  

Bard's work is a bit more comprehensive than mine, I think. "Ada
Distilled" is targeted at programmers.  It is mostly a collection
of example programs with line-by-line comments, not a complete
coverage of the language.  

There is a need for more of these little booklets to aid people in 
their study of Ada.  I am considering making "Ada Distilled" available
on David Botton's site when I feel it is stable enough.  

Richard Riehle
richard@adaworks.com