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Subject: Re: New to Ada, why these warning messages?
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Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> writes:

>...Pascal User Manual and Report

By Jensen and Wirth.

>... -- which
> may give you an idea of how much stuff Ada added over Pascal, and why the
> books are so thick).

Yes, but another reason for the size difference is that the
above-mentioned Pascal book is rather informal (to put it politely).
The Ada RM actually tries to get all the details nailed down
correctly (and mostly succeeds).

- Bob