Re: Ada 2005 vs Ada 2012

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

"Shark8" <onewingedshark@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 5:24:21 AM UTC-6, Gour wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> at the moment I'm learning Ada using online version of the John English'
>> "Ada 95: The Craft of Object-Oriented Programming" book, but would like
>> to buy Barnes "Programming in Ada 2005" to have it as a reference which
>> is more readable than a bit dry ARM.
>>
>> Otoh, the book is a bit expensive, especially for someone from Croatia,
>> so considering that the purchase should serve me for some considerable
>> amount of time, I just wonder if there are some news whether John Barnes
>> is working on Programming in Ada 2012 book in which case we'd postpone
>> our purchase for some time?
>>
>
> I *think* he is working on a 2012 book; I seem to recall something about 
> it coming up
> in a prior thread -- but I'm not entirely sure.

He're definitely working on the Ada 2012 Rationale - he wrote me today that 
he's starting a new chapter and that I should be expecting more questions. 
But I don't know if he's working on or planning an update of his Ada opus. 
I'll ask him.

                                          Randy.