This tutorial teaches the entire Ada 95 dialect
of the Ada language. It is composed of 33 chapters which should be studied in
order since topics are introduced in a logical order and build upon topics
introduced in previous chapters. Topics covered includes: Program
Structure, The Integer Type Variable, Logical Compares and precedence, Control
Structures, Additional Scalar Types, Derived Types, Subprograms, Blocks and
Scope of variables, Arrays, The Character and String Type, Records, The Access
Type Variable, Input/Output and Packages
Ada puts unique emphasis on, and
provides strong support for, good software engineering practices that scale well
to very large software systems. This book, Ada Programming is a featured book on
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The purpose of this guide is to help
computer professionals produce better Ada programs by identifying a set of
stylistic guidelines that will directly impact the quality of their Ada
programs. This style guide is not intended to replace the Ada Reference Manual,
or the Rationale, or to serve as a tutorial for the Ada programming language.