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From: Ehud Lamm <mslamm@mscc.huji.ac.il>
Subject: Re: a Newbie's question
Date: 1999/03/21
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On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, Matthew Heaney wrote:

> Alon Rotem <alon_rotem@hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> > I need some direction about basic programming in ADA-95. I know the
> > theoretical basics of the language (data types, procedures, functions,
> > packages), my problem is putting it all together.
> 
> I suggest you study code written by an, um, expert in Ada95.  There are
> examples to be found in the ACM patterns archive.
> 
> <http://www.acm.org/archives/patterns.html>
> 

Matthew's patterns are illuminating, but I would think it is only fair to
warn Ada beginners that not all of them are easy to understand. Some of
the issues causes long threads here, and may only confuse someone just
starting out.

Ehud Lamm     mslamm@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il