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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Ada 2005 vs Ada 2012
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:19:44 -0700
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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:
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>> 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."
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