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: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!reality.xs3.de!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: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:58:45 -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 1364410727 17341 69.95.181.76 (27 Mar 2013 18:58:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:58:47 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:14754 Date: 2013-03-27T13:58:45-05:00 List-Id: I wrote: > 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? < > 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. Here's the definitive answer from John Barnes that he asked me to post: "John is planning to write Programming in Ada 2012 but he has not yet finalized the contract with the publishers; he would not expect it to be published before early 2014." He also said that he's planning to finish the Rationale for Ada 2012 before starting on a revision of the book. So it looks like quite a wait for the book. Randy.