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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: border1.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!goblin2!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bill Findlay Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 2005 vs Ada 2012 Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:25:55 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87wqsuo13u.fsf@atmarama.net> <5752e888-09a3-4c2b-b37c-fa18b0207c95@googlegroups.com> <9b6dnawcsYaRSs_MRVn_vwA@giganews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net jXn/jSuDT8+VhcVwPwKXYgJ834i194nt7lAbsGrVOBbKXPoG72 Cancel-Lock: sha1:mebOMzOVcMC8Ypzf3IeM4iugcG4= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.33.0.120411 Thread-Topic: Ada 2005 vs Ada 2012 Thread-Index: Ac4rGITyTTofs59NSUSom51yRRqYaA== X-Original-Bytes: 1998 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:180812 Date: 2013-03-27T18:25:55+00:00 List-Id: On 27/03/2013 18:19, in article kivd3v$gpg$1@dont-email.me, "Jeffrey Carter" wrote: > On 03/27/2013 10:32 AM, Bill Findlay wrote: >> On 27/03/2013 16:40, in article kiv7a9$d08$1@dont-email.me, "Jeffrey Carter" >> 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. -- Bill Findlay with blueyonder.co.uk; use surname & forename;