Re: Some Fundamental Questions on Ada????

[Ralph Paul <repaul@ibm.net>]

Vidanelage Sanath D. Jayasena wrote:
> 
> Hello Ada people,
> 
> I do not know Ada; I know C, C++, Pascal...
> and am a Computer Science student.
> 
> Could someone pls give clear/brief answers to the following?
> I appreciate it very much.
> 
> 1.
> 
> 1.1 What is a 'module' in an Ada (software) system ?
>     Is it equivalent to functions/procedures in Pascal/C
>     languages ?
>     (But I heard that Ada has procedures as well.)
> 
> 1.2 What are 'packages' and 'tasks' ?
>     How are they related/connected to 'modules'/'procedures' ?
> 
> 2. Can several 'procedures' exist in one 'module' ?
> 
> 3. Can there be inter-module calls (just as we have
>    inter-procedure calls in other languages) ?
>    If so, are parameters passed ?
> 
> 4. What about inter-procedure calls ?
>    Can they be inter-module or should they
>    always be intra-module ?
> 
> 
> Thank You .....
> 
> Sanath Jayasena
> jayasena@cs.uiuc.edu

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