Re: GNAT GPL is proving...educational

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

Alan Jump writes on comp.lang.ada:
> On Monday, July 22, 2013 11:28:45 AM UTC-7, Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne) wrote:
>> That's a common complain from people coming from Pascal. But that's not  
>> Ada, that's GNAT. Nothing in the RM requires the specification and the  
>> body belongs to separate files (it does neither requires Ada sources to be  
>> stored in files, by the way, it just requires Ada source to be text made  
>> of characters).
>> 
>> About the other issue with files names, Niklas Holsti already gave you the  
>> answer. Of cause you can use child packages with GNAT :-p
>
> Got it. When I get home from my "real" job and have the opportunity,
> I'll make the indicated changes and rebuild. It's all educational at
> this point, so every error message is a teachable moment, yes?
>
> I still find myself wishing for a better "introductory" text than
> Barnes; I'm a neophyte coder, not a language lawyer.

This may be what you need:

http://archive.adaic.com/docs/craft/craft.html

And more generally:

http://www.adaic.org/learn/materials/

The above two are about the *language* but you also need an introduction
to the particular *compiler*, this is part of the compiler distribution
you received.  If you use GPS, go to the Help menu and browse the GNAT
User's Guide.

HTH

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.