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Announcing three recent changes at www.LearnAda.com
1. Ada in a Nutshell
A section of the site entitled "Ada in a Nutshell" consists
of seven pages excerpted from the HTML version of
"Ada Essentials: Overview, Examples and Glossary."
Two of these pages provide a high-level, graphical overview
of the entire language: 4 kinds of modules (program units)
and 3 ways of connecting modules (withing relationships,
nesting relationships, and parent/child relationships). I
would like to invite comments on this section.
2. Book Reviews
A new page at the site contains two reviews of
"Ada Essentials: Overview, Examples and Glossary"
written by professional software engineers. One is a brief
review written by Jerry Petrey of Ratheon. The other, more
extensive, review is by Marin D. Condic of Quadrus Corp.
3. Change of Source for PDF Version
The PDF or "eBook" version of "Ada Essentials: Overview,
Examples and Glossary" can no longer be obtained from
FatBrain.com. It can now be ordered directly from the
www.LearnAda.com site. FatBrain was acquired by Barnes
and Noble, which has changed their "business model."
They are now interested only in eBooks that have best-
seller potential. (They have not yet realized that Ada
texts have this potential. :-)
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Bard S. Crawford,
Author of "Ada Essentials: Overview, Examples and Glossary,"
a compact volume available in three forms: printed book, pdf
file, and a collection of browser-based web pages. See
http://www.learnada.com
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