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!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!news2.arglkargh.de!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!nuzba.szn.dk!news.jacob-sparre.dk!munin.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 2005 vs Ada 2012 Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:36:51 -0500 Organization: Jacob Sparre Andersen Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: <87wqsuo13u.fsf@atmarama.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: static-69-95-181-76.mad.choiceone.net X-Trace: munin.nbi.dk 1364333814 23160 69.95.181.76 (26 Mar 2013 21:36:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:36:54 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Original-Bytes: 2299 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:180786 Date: 2013-03-26T16:36:51-05:00 List-Id: "Shark8" wrote in message news:b4b6bd3c-b1a7-45cf-9699-392108669c57@googlegroups.com... > 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.