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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: 4 beginner's questions on the PL Ada
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:27:18 -0700
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On 08/12/2013 10:17 AM, Eryndlia Mavourneen wrote:
>
> I really have to disagree.  I learned Ada from the LRM and, in fact, was able
> to use tasking with task types, U_D, record bit fields, operating system
> (kernel) modification, etc.  With a few exceptions, I have found the LRM to
> be clear, concise, and deliberative. After all, it *is* the international
> standard for the Ada language and at least used to be the USA's military
> programming language standard.

It was possible to learn Ada 83 from ARM-83, but I think most people will agree 
that, beginning with ARM-95, that is no longer the case (for most people). If 
you learned Ada 95 or later from the ARM, you must have a much higher tolerance 
for having your brain hurt than most people. Even the people who wrote it say 
that parts of it are effectively impossible to understand.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"I wave my private parts at your aunties."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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