Re: real numbers in ADA

[woodruff@tanana.llnl.gov]

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Kenner <kenner@lab.ultra.nyu.edu> writes:
In article <3jqnu0$3s9@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> kenner@lab.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) writes:

    Richard> I've read the Ada 83 and Ada 95 LRMs.  I learned Ada from
    Richard> the Ada 83 LRM, but certainly consider the Ada 95 LRM a
    Richard> "nightmare".

I'm feeling better already! 

I have been having this same reaction to the Ada95 LRM, and was
beginning to wonder if a) my memory has become selective since I learned
Ada83 ("life sure was a lot easier then!") or b) a *lot* of cells have
taken early retirement.

I think the world is in greater need of quality Ada textbooks now than
was the case a decade ago.

-- 
John Woodruff
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
510 422 4661