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From: "G.B." <bauhaus@futureapps.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Online conceptual/tutorial material for Ada,
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Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 14:13:36 +0200
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On 06.10.14 13:08, Peter Chapin wrote:
> On 2014-10-06 03:55, Simon Wright wrote:
>
>>> I wrote this some time ago
>>>
>>> 	http://web.vtc.edu/users/pcc09070/Ada/AdaCrash.pdf
>>>
>>> but it's incomplete and in need of updating/editing.
>>
>> I'd have thought it a good first read. But I'm not a newbie.
>>
>> It's (now) possible to get Libre Office to use hyperlinks in the ToC,
>> which would be a help for the reader ...
>
> That's good to know, thanks. I'll look into that if/when I get around to
> finishing it up.

Would there possibly be some way of introducing Ada's user defined
scalar types earlier?  This would give credit to McCormick's most
prominent finding, namely that use of Ada's user defined scalars
is a real, non-marketing boost in productivity. In particular, this
feature of the Ada language has been found to boost newcomers' results.