From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1b417df64012e6d3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-28 16:11:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!lon1-news.nildram.net!peernews!peer.cwci.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news11-gui.server.ntli.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <%12l8.9656$%_6.1717935@news11-gui.server.ntli.net> <3C94F235.80C7166A@adaworks.com> Subject: Re: tasks, protected types and entries X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 00:10:50 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.252.154.227 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news11-gui.server.ntli.net 1017360653 62.252.154.227 (Fri, 29 Mar 2002 00:10:53 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 00:10:53 GMT Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21798 Date: 2002-03-29T00:10:50+00:00 List-Id: "Richard Riehle" wrote in message news:3C94F235.80C7166A@adaworks.com... > "chris.danx" wrote: > > > What is the difference between an entry and a procedure? > > This is one of the most important and least often address issue > in Ada. > > In my classroom, after we have started our unit on > tasking, I have my students recite, in unison, > > "An entry has a queue." You mean that several tasks can issue a request on an entry, and they are serviced in a first come, first served fashion? ok, I think I understand the difference now.