Re: New edition of John Barnes' classic book

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

"Luke A. Guest" <laguest@archeia.com> wrote in message 
news:1580045799425385628.134656laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org...
> Per Sandberg <per.s.sandberg@bahnhof.se> wrote:
>> Got as an e-book very easy to carry around.
>>
>>
>> On 19.06.2014 23:19, Dirk Craeynest wrote:
>>> I noticed that "Programming in Ada 2012", the new edition of John
>>> Barnes' classic book, is now available (in Europe).  Thought many
>>> of you would like to know...
>>>
>>> http://www.cambridge.org/be/academic/subjects/computer-science/software-engineering-and-development/programming-ada-2012?localeText=Belgium
>>>
>>> Dirk
>>> Dirk.Craeynest@cs.kuleuven.be (for Ada-Belgium/-Europe/SIGAda/WG9 mail)
>>>
>
> For that price you should get the PDF free with the book

I think the price is mainly related to the physical size of the book. John 
gave me one of the author's copies (I forgot to have him sign it - darn) at 
our recent ARG meeting. I tried to read a bit of it in bed that night, and I 
think I cut off the circulation in my legs. :-) I didn't read it for long. I 
was worried that the airplane back to the US would be overweight because I 
was packing it. :-)

Seriously, it is VERY heavy - I don't recall many books that heavy. (I just 
picked it up again and it still feels like a pair of bricks -- I hope the 
bookshelf is strong enough to hold it. :-) Next time I read it, it will have 
to be at a desk.

                                          Randy.