From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Doctor Who Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Giving away a lot of Ada books Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2021 03:45:52 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e4df5bc4e20a57173d6704b063283ee3"; logging-data="15324"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+v0nmNR9Mk+j8zUNfj61kO" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:D8laHgdbfRHEQ10EiITpNaKIxaE= Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:62628 List-Id: On Fri, 3 Sep 2021 16:53:48 -0700 (PDT), Michael Feldman wrote: >Dear Colleagues, > >I hope you are all well and ready for the fall, whatever it might bring in these uncertain times. > >My wife Ruth and I are moving from Portland to Berkeley in the near future (yes, our son and his family live there -- he is a professor at Cal Berkeley); our new flat will have many advantages, but alas, not nearly enough space for all our books, papers, and media. > >I'm writing in the hope of finding new homes for (i.e. giving away) any or all of my large set of books on Ada. I've been collecting these since Ada's beginning in the early 1980s; I think I have all (or very nearly) the Ada books ever published. The list is included below. > >Please email me if you're interested in any of these. Ruth has very kindly offered to work with you on the shipping logistics; we ask only that you reimburse us for the shipping costs. Overseas mailing has become such an expensive hassle that I'd prefer the destinations to be in the U.E. > >Book dealers don't usually have the understanding or respect for the content of these books, so they have little to no sale value. But they might well have real value to people in the Ada community who know the field. Unfortunately, I fear my options might come down to saying farewell to these treasures on their way to the landfill. I hope not! > >Best regards to you and yours; please stay out of COVID's way!, >Michael Feldman >Professor Emeritus of Computer Science >The George Washington University >Washington, DC 20052 >mfeldman@gwu.edu I have selected some book that I would like to read, please tell me a mail address where to write to arrange for logistics and shipping expense refund. Thank you. >Alsys. Safety Critical Handbook (1994) >Barnes, J. High Integrity Ada (1997) >Ben-Ari, M. Principles of Concurrent and Distributed Programming (1990) >Booch, G. Software Components with Ada. >Buhr, R. Practical Visual Techniques in System Design with Applications to Ada. >Dale, N., D. Weems, and J. McCormick. Programming and Problem Solving with Ada. D. C. Heath, 1994. >Dale, N., S. Lilly, and J. McCormick. Ada plus Data Structures. >Downes, V. and S. Goldsack. Programming Embedded Systems with Ada. >Embedded Systems Programming, Nov. 1995 (Ada 05 issue) >Lomuto, N. Problem-Solving Methods with Examples in Ada. >Lundqvist, K. Distributed Computing and Safety-Critical System in Ada (diss.) >Miller, N.E. and C.G. Petersen. File Structures with Ada. >Motet, G. et al. Design of Dependable Ada Software >Sanden, B. Software Systems Construction with Examples in Ada >Tedd, M. et al. Ada for Multi-microprocessors >Vasilescu, E. Ada Programming with Applications. >Wallach, Y. Parallel Processing and Ada >Weiss, M.A. Data Structures and Algorithms in Ada.