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From: Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Looking for better Ada books
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 11:23:10 +0100
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On 12.03.16 08:10, Hadrien Grasland wrote:
> Online material tends to fall either in the "quick tutorial" or the "newcomer-hostile authoritative reference" category, with little in-between for the intermediate learners.

Also, some online material appears to have "holes": IINM,
the wikibook lacks a section specifically addressing visibility.
For example,

- what it is, basically,
- how it facilitates the organization of an Ada software source text,
- what size of grains there are, so to speak,
- ...

The book should have that, at least to an extent that gets the
user going.

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"HOTDOGS ARE NOT BOOKMARKS"
Springfield Elementary teaching staff