Re: Learning Ada but missing the basics?

[ryan k <ryan@ryankaskel.com>]

On Jun 30, 4:19 pm, Keith Thompson <ks...@mib.org> wrote:
> ryan k <r...@ryankaskel.com> writes:
> > I'm trying to learn Ada because a) I think it's cool to learn new
> > computer languages and b) it looks like a good one. I've gone the
> > through a lot of the tutorials but lets say have package MyPackage and
> > 5 subprograms are in the body. Which procedure is run first? Is it
> > sequential?
>
> None of them will run unless they're called.
>
> >             Is there some sort of equivalent to C's main()?
>
> Not exactly.  There's no special name for the entry point.  You
> specify it when you link the program.
>
> >                                                             Is a
> > binary created for every package?
>
> That depends on what you mean by "a binary".  There typically won't be
> an executable created for each package.  An Ada package is similar in
> some ways to a separately compiled C source file; you can combine
> several of them, along with a procedure that's specified to be the
> main program, into a single program.  The details of how you do this
> are defined by each implementation, not by the language.
>
> >                                   I guess I don't understand where
> > things start and end. Any help or links are greatly appreciated!
>
> --
> Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) ks...@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
> Nokia
> "We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
>     -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

I use the GNAT compiler. How then do I specify the main procedure?

Thanks.