Re: Ada 2005 vs Ada 2012

[Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk>]

On 27/03/2013 18:19, in article kivd3v$gpg$1@dont-email.me, "Jeffrey Carter"
<spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> wrote:

> On 03/27/2013 10:32 AM, Bill Findlay wrote:
>> On 27/03/2013 16:40, in article kiv7a9$d08$1@dont-email.me, "Jeffrey Carter"
>> <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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.
>> 
>> That assumes that the publisher's limit on volume size is sensible.
>> In my long experience, publishers are not sensible (or even competent).
> 
> /Programming in Ada 2005/ is 848 pp. That seems adequate.

The number of pages in a book is not a simple function of its useful
content.  It also depends heavily on the book design.

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