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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:10:35 -0500
From: "Peter C. Chapin" <pchapin@sover.net>
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Maciej Sobczak wrote:

> Ada is not likely to recruit newcomers, because it lacks an easy to
> read tutorial. No, I don't find the existing on-line material to be
> compelling - either too dense, or too slow, or badly formatted.

FWIW I'm slowly working on an Ada tutorial that targets the particular 
students I have. It is incomplete but it is intended to be short so a 
certain amount of incompleteness is to be expected. I'm not saying it's 
great but it is at least another tutorial in the mix.

The URL is

	http://vortex.ecet.vtc.edu/pcc/AdaCrash.pdf

If anyone notices any errors or has any suggestions for the document, 
let me know!

Peter