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From: rreid@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ralph Reid III)
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Subject: Re: Algol68
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Date: 25 Mar 91 13:25:27 GMT
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In article <46036@ut-emx.uucp> hasan@ut-emx.uucp (David A. Hasan) writes:
(Documentation problems deleted)
>hmmm...sounds *just* like my frustrations in getting up to
>speed in Ada.  The Ada Language Reference Manual is not
>exactly an "easy" reference when you're trying to figure out
>why something doesn't compile.  And Ada is *full* of
>gotchas... at least Algol68 was orthogonal.

Maybe one of the following books can help:
Software Components with ADA
by Grady Booch
Benjamin/Cummings Publishing
(contains sample source code)


Ada As A Second Language
by Norm Cohen
McGraw Hill publishing

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