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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a02:378e:: with SMTP id r136-v6mr6801233jar.4.1530329001910; Fri, 29 Jun 2018 20:23:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:aca:c744:: with SMTP id x65-v6mr1023165oif.2.1530329001685; Fri, 29 Jun 2018 20:23:21 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!news.snarked.org!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!u78-v6no995587itb.0!news-out.google.com!p13-v6ni1410itf.0!nntp.google.com!u78-v6no995579itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 20:23:21 -0700 (PDT) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2601:18f:900:f900:6600:6aff:fe37:6bdc; posting-account=3pYsyQoAAACcI-ym7XtMOI2PDU8gRZS5 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2601:18f:900:f900:6600:6aff:fe37:6bdc User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Introduction to Ada Programming, 2nd Edition From: Andrew Shvets Injection-Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 03:23:21 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:53468 Date: 2018-06-29T20:23:21-07:00 List-Id: Hello everyone, In 2016, I published an introductory Ada book as an e-book. This time arou= nd, I have created a second version of this book, located here: https://amz= n.to/2KC3Zic This is what the second edition has: - It's in print. You can buy a printed version. I've read programming e-b= ooks before, but mostly it has been a question if my screen/monitor was lar= ge enough to correctly display the source-code (it often was, but was impos= sible on an iPhone). - I added a chapter on networking. Networking is something that I'm workin= g on improving my understanding. Only after I sufficiently understood how = to implement examples in Ada did I add this to my next book. - There is a chapter on how to build libraries. Packages and methods are gr= eat for encapsulating code and making it more reuseable. However, not havin= g to re-compile the code is simply phenomenal. - There is a chapter on proofs. In my previous book, this was a part of a = chapter. In this book, it is a chapter. Such an important topic earned it= s own chapter. - I had a professional editor looked over the book. After my first attempt,= I realized that there is plenty of room for improvement in subsequent vers= ions. As a result, I hired a professional to give me invaluable input on sp= ecific things that I can do better. I'm open to sending PDFs as review copies, please send your requests to: introductory dot ada at gmail dot com=20 Thank you for those -- on this mailing list -- who have helped me better un= derstand Ada! --Andrew