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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e486c4cecbbc6a4a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Steve Whalen Subject: Re: Ada book help Date: 1999/01/24 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 436274436 Sender: swhalen@netcom8.netcom.com References: <36A8FC33.3B4BA48A@virgin.net> Organization: ? Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-01-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: 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. 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 -- {===--------------------------------------------------------------===} Steve Whalen swhalen@netcom.com {===--------------------------------------------------------------===}