Re: Ada book help

[Steve Whalen <swhalen@netcom.com>]

Thanks for the review.

The reason I asked about the disparity between the 4 out of 5
reviewers on Amazon.com trashing Barnes' book and your comments, was
because the OTHER Ada books seemed to be well reviewed, and some were
well liked. It seemed that it was NOT a case of an anti-Ada bigot
just trashing Ada, but several people seemed really unhappy with the
book.

I've generally found the reviews on Amazon.com very helpful for
technical books.  Generally, if a reviewer or two goes overboard
against or in favor of a book, usually several people will jump in
with more substantive reviews to "counter" the mis-impression.  Sort
of like comp.lang.ada<g>.  I find it handy to have the reviews right
there when I'm getting ready to order.  I'm beginning to think one of
Amazon.com's best attributes is the information added by the earlier
buyers of the book adding their opinion to the standard publisher
info.
	 
Steve
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