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Subject: Re: Ada95 skills test - Beta version(FREE)
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In article <20060223202559946-0600@news.airmail.net>, Robert Love <rblove@airmail.net> writes:
> In <ubqwyx0fe.fsf@toadmail.com> Stephen Leake  wrote:

>> This I disagree with. Many libraries are only available in C,
>> as are most operating systems. Ada is very good at interfacing with C,
>> so it is appropriate that the topic be covered in some way.
>> 
> 
> That's true but how man Ada textbooks cover linking with C. I wish ALL 
> Ada books had a chapter on linking with foreign languages, with plenty 
> of examples.

Linking is specific to operating systems, and thus not suitable for
most Ada books.