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From: David Chang <tchang2@gl.umbc.edu>
Subject: What is ADA?
Date: 1997/05/10
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Hello,

	My name is David Chang, I am undergraduate student at University
of Maryland Baltimore County.  I am third year college student study in
Computer Science.

	Recently I just got a offer from a company that wants me to be a
Ada programmer.  And I know nothing about ADA, I told the software manager
that.  He(software manager) said that I don't know ada doesn't concern
him.  So, he offered me the job.  I don't want to let him down and I want
to perform my future task as nearly perfect as I can.

	So, will you nice people be kindly give me a rough idea what's
Ada and how different it is compare with C(My best programming language).
How should I be prepared for it?  What I need to read or do? and
Suggestions for books or readings, etc.  I will be very approciate it.

	The additional information that will help me is that.  Where can I
get a Ada compiler and what platform can it exist on.  How many version of
Ada is out there, price of compiler, etc.  Thank you, thank you very much.  

Thank you for your time

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David Teng-Zan Chang
Email:  tchang2@stsci.edu
URL:	http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~tchang2