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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.52.52.130 with SMTP id t2mr2889870vdo.5.1440087406866; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:16:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.182.81.72 with SMTP id y8mr49394obx.15.1440087406808; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:16:46 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!69no2355173qgi.0!news-out.google.com!nt1ni10098igb.0!nntp.google.com!se8no7102431igc.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:16:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <31fe45ce-d02e-4094-b210-007e60211bce@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=75.161.23.130; posting-account=lJ3JNwoAAAAQfH3VV9vttJLkThaxtTfC NNTP-Posting-Host: 75.161.23.130 References: <3114ace7-bbba-46ad-913f-419e7a11393f@googlegroups.com> <31fe45ce-d02e-4094-b210-007e60211bce@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <6908f8b8-1dd7-4970-8bc8-6bcc60354c46@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Ada Distilled 2012 From: Shark8 Injection-Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 16:16:46 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:27529 Date: 2015-08-20T09:16:46-07:00 List-Id: On Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 3:21:29 PM UTC-6, rri...@itu.edu wrote: > I talked with Ed yesterday. He is working on the update. He is also in= cluding some new, fully coded and working, examples of the new Ada fearures= . Some od them will be in the new Appendix to the book. =20 >=20 > Ed has created some new examples to highlight the significant changes in = the language. =20 >=20 > It might be ready in a few months, depending on how the testing of the ne= w examples proceeds. Yes, we have had a long standing policy of ensuring = the coded examples compile and execute as intended. >=20 > Meanwhile, I am thinking about teaching an on-line, for credit, graduate = level (MS) course in Ada under the umbrella of the school where I am curren= tly an adjunct faculty, International Technological University (www.itu.edu= ) in San Jose, CA. ITU is a non-profit school focused on engineering, IT,= software engineering, and computer science. =20 >=20 > If there is sufficient interest from the Ada community, including contrac= tors and others, I may be able to persuade the school to let me teach this = class on-line across international borders. You may send me an email at r= riehle at itu.edu, if you have some people who would want to enroll in such= a course. >=20 > Richard Riehle, PhD Awesome news! Thank you (and Ed) for your work. Sadly I don't know of anyone [offhand] who would be interested in the cours= e and has the disposable money at present.