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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: Ada 2005 vs Ada 2012
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:40:42 -0700
Date: 2013-03-27T09:40:42-07:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <kiv7a9$d08$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9b6dnawcsYaRSs_MRVn_vwA@giganews.com>

On 03/27/2013 04:24 AM, Peter C. Chapin wrote:
>
> That said, one of the attractions of the Barnes book is its comprehensiveness.
> Trimming back material would potentially take away from that.

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.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"The time has come to act, and act fast. I'm leaving."
Blazing Saddles
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-03-27 16:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-26 11:24 Ada 2005 vs Ada 2012 Gour
2013-03-26 15:11 ` Shark8
2013-03-26 21:36   ` Randy Brukardt
2013-03-26 22:24     ` Peter C. Chapin
2013-03-27  7:26       ` Gour
2013-03-27  8:48       ` Maciej Sobczak
2013-03-27 11:24         ` Peter C. Chapin
2013-03-27 14:47           ` Shark8
2013-03-27 16:40           ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2013-03-27 16:52             ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-03-27 17:32             ` Bill Findlay
2013-03-27 18:19               ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-03-27 18:25                 ` Bill Findlay
2013-03-29 21:43             ` Stephen Leake
2013-03-27  7:25     ` Gour
2013-03-27 18:58     ` Randy Brukardt
2013-03-27 19:39       ` Gour
2014-05-18  7:43 ` nosratinia
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