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: 2001-06-05 01:42:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!bnewspeer01.bru.ops.eu.uu.net!lnewspeer00.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net!emea.uu.net!cass.news.pipex.net!pipex!warm.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.kvaerner.com!news@kvaerner.com From: "Tarjei T. Jensen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Cannot use NULL as identifier? Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:37:40 +0200 Organization: Kvaerner Group IT Message-ID: <9fi5ol$dvu9@news.kvaerner.com> References: <9f2tuk$hbg$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9f5n1i$iqq$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B17A028.A4A91C3F@brighton.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 155.209.159.151 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2120.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2120.0 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8127 Date: 2001-06-05T10:37:40+02:00 List-Id: John English wrote >Mike's book is now OOP, as is mine. We are now having to consider >teaching another language at Brighton because of the lack of suitable >textbooks for beginners. The publishers aren't interested because the >market's too small. And various sections of industry are complaining >that they can't find enough trained Ada developers, so they're being >forced to move to Java or C++. Print on demand publishing is something that is coming. This means that you print just as many books you need when you need them. This should be practical for those who want to publish their own books. Publishing on the web might not be the best idea. It will strain printer resources on the universities involved. It could perhaps be better to print your own unbound books. Perhaps it would be cheaper? Perhaps one would produce smaller, to the point volumes? Perhaps there could be cooperation between universities to get a discount on printing? If one uses a standardized environment (e.g. LaTeX) to produce the book, one should be able to have some synergy with other authors. e.g. with regards to formatting of code, conversion to pdf, etc. Perhaps a new publisher would be in order? E.g. Chartwell-Bratt (?)/studentlitteratur which produces low priced books. Greetings,