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From: "Pat Rogers" <progers@classwide.com>
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"R. Stegers" <rstegers@cs.vu.nl> wrote in message
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> I want to create a generic package which can sort an array with any type of
> elements. The index is of the integer type. It is also required that the
> merge sort is performed in parallel. I'm a C/C++-programmer with very
> limited Ada experience. I think I got the idea of tasks/rendevous right. I
> run into some problems here:
>
>  - How can I dynamicaly allocate a temporary array (for which i don't know
> the size in advance?) It seems inpossible to me.
>  - How to create tasks from within a task: The subTask1 en subTask2
> declarations generate errors: "Task type cannot be used as type mark within
> its own body"
>
> I hope someone can give me a hint. The code is below.

Hint: there is a well-known book on concurrent programming in Ada (:-) that
shows how to do this.....