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I've slept on it and I'll retract from magic variables. Students will
declare the variables from day 1. Thanks for your warnings, they
confirm this. But please remind that my main focus is not teaching
Ada, but algorithms, and Ada is being use for implementing the
algorithms. I need a fragment of Ada that together with some packages
provide a non distracting environment, language, for the
implementation of the algorithms. Of course I'll teach Ada basics.
I'll teach packages. Packages are the heart of Ada, more than types. I
don't think I'll teach types much. I'll teach how to *use* types i.e.
how to declare variables. Thanks.