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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,af5bf4e3cf0c28b8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-05 07:09:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Web Publishing was RE: Cannot use NULL as identifier? Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 07:14:48 -0700 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 991750147 60894 137.194.161.2 (5 Jun 2001 14:09:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 14:09:07 +0000 (UTC) To: Return-Path: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <9fi5ol$dvu9@news.kvaerner.com> Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8155 Date: 2001-06-05T07:14:48-07:00 From: Bob Leif To: Tarjei T. Jensen et al. There is one ubiquitous standardized environment, Adobe PDF. Another possible choice is archive, single file (*.mht). Has anyone implemented either of these formats in Ada? Disintermediating the publishers (authors selling directly to the customers) would have two significant benefits: 1) increasing the authors' income, and 2) decreasing the cost to the reader. -----Original Message----- From: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org [mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org]On Behalf Of Tarjei T. Jensen Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 1:38 AM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Subject: Re: Cannot use NULL as identifier? John English wrote >Mike's book is now OOP, as is mine. We are now having to consider >teaching another language at Brighton because of the lack of suitable >textbooks for beginners. The publishers aren't interested because the >market's too small. And various sections of industry are complaining >that they can't find enough trained Ada developers, so they're being >forced to move to Java or C++. Print on demand publishing is something that is coming. This means that you print just as many books you need when you need them. This should be practical for those who want to publish their own books. Publishing on the web might not be the best idea. It will strain printer resources on the universities involved. It could perhaps be better to print your own unbound books. Perhaps it would be cheaper? Perhaps one would produce smaller, to the point volumes? Perhaps there could be cooperation between universities to get a discount on printing? If one uses a standardized environment (e.g. LaTeX) to produce the book, one should be able to have some synergy with other authors. e.g. with regards to formatting of code, conversion to pdf, etc. Perhaps a new publisher would be in order? E.g. Chartwell-Bratt (?)/studentlitteratur which produces low priced books. Greetings,