From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: Ada 2005 vs Ada 2012
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:19:44 -0700
Date: 2013-03-27T11:19:44-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <kivd3v$gpg$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CD78DD98.291F9%yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk>
On 03/27/2013 10:32 AM, Bill Findlay wrote:
> On 27/03/2013 16:40, in article kiv7a9$d08$1@dont-email.me, "Jeffrey Carter"
> <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> 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.
--
Jeff Carter
"The time has come to act, and act fast. I'm leaving."
Blazing Saddles
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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
2013-03-27 16:52 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-03-27 17:32 ` Bill Findlay
2013-03-27 18:19 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
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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