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

Is there a summary somewhere of what Ada added to Pascal?  I also
haven't understood why the books are so thick, or why Ada has such a
reputation of being hard to compile.  Any simple summary?  Thanks!