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!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Introduction to Ada Programming, 2nd Edition Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2018 17:58:30 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: References: <94112ae1-bda2-455d-b61f-e5fa660ccd42@googlegroups.com> <0001HW.20ED1AD70315263D70000D7EC2CF@news.individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 3CrKQyqWAJZHy6zYVP/kUg.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.8.0 Content-Language: en-US X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.3 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:53598 Date: 2018-07-04T17:58:30+02:00 List-Id: On 2018-07-04 17:10, Bill Findlay wrote: >> Le samedi 30 juin 2018 05:23:23 UTC+2, Andrew Shvets a écrit: >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> In 2016, I published an introductory Ada book as an e-book. This time >>> around, I have created a second version of this book, located here: >>> https://amzn.to/2KC3Zic >>> >>> This is what the second edition has: >>> - It's in print. You can buy a printed version. I've read programming >>> e-books before, but mostly it has been a question if my screen/monitor was >>> large enough to correctly display the source-code (it often was, but was >>> impossible on an iPhone). >>> - I added a chapter on networking. Networking is something that I'm working >>> on improving my understanding. Only after I sufficiently understood how to >>> implement examples in Ada did I add this to my next book. >>> - There is a chapter on how to build libraries. Packages and methods are >>> great for encapsulating code and making it more reuseable. However, not >>> having to re-compile the code is simply phenomenal. >>> - There is a chapter on proofs. In my previous book, this was a part of a >>> chapter. In this book, it is a chapter. Such an important topic earned its >>> own chapter. >>> - I had a professional editor looked over the book. After my first attempt, >>> I realized that there is plenty of room for improvement in subsequent >>> versions. As a result, I hired a professional to give me invaluable input >>> on specific things that I can do better. >>> >>> I'm open to sending PDFs as review copies, please send your requests to: >>> introductory dot ada at gmail dot com >>> >>> Thank you for those -- on this mailing list -- who have helped me better >>> understand Ada! >>> >>> --Andrew > > I bought it. > The Kindle app will not open it on my iPad. https://calibre-ebook.com/download P.S. There are plug-ins for Calibre to convert Amazon's encrypted AZW3 to MOBI etc, if you want to read it in another reader. -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de