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On 08/09/2013 07:45 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>
> 	While I do sometimes just drop in code snippets, I more often prefer
> the "teach a man to fish" mode for such direct questions-- which plugging
> in links to the HTML manual were meant to suggest... Search the manual
> first, and then ask for clarification if needed, providing the information
> as to what is unclear.

With the exception of Annex A (which describes the Ada.* hierarchy), the ARM is 
not very good for learning the language. For that I'd recommend some of the 
documents at

http://www.adaic.org/learn/materials/

For someone familiar with another imperative language, I generally suggest /Ada 
Distilled/.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Well, a gala day is enough for me. I don't think
I can handle any more."
Duck Soup
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