How to Order the Book - Ada 95: The Lovelace Tutorial

Here's a quote from the preface that explains its purpose:

"This tutorial explains the basics of the Ada computer programming language and assumes that you have had some exposure to some other algorithmic programming language (such as Pascal, C, C++, Fortran, or BASIC)."

If you order the book directly from Springer-Verlag it will cost $49.95 (U.S. dollars), plus shipping. In the U.S., shipping is $3.00 using UPS ground; in Mexico shipping costs $7.25 for UPS Air.

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Here is a brief outline of the book:

1. Lesson 1 - Brief Introduction to Ada.
2. Lesson 2 - Basic Ada Structure (Packages).
3. Lesson 3 - Ada Lexical Elements.
4. Lesson 4 - Procedures and Type Integer.
5. Lesson 5 - Statements (if, loop).
6. Lesson 6 - Basic Types (Float, Boolean, subtypes, record).
7. Lesson 7 - Object-Oriented Programming.
8. Lesson 8 - Introduction to String Types.
9. Lesson 9 - Basic Input/Output.
10. Lesson 10 - Exceptions.
11. Lesson 11 - Generics.
12. Lesson 12 - Access Types.
13. Lesson 13 - Tasks and Protected Types.
14. Lesson 14 - Ada-related Information.
15. Lesson 15 - Ada Program Structure.
16. Lesson 16 - Interfacing to Other Languages (including C and Java).
17. Lesson 17 - Miscellaneous Ada Subjects.
18. Lesson 18 - Sample Ada Program "Small".
19. Appendices - BNF Explanation and Source Code
20. Index

The book also has questions at the end of each lesson which should be useful in classroom settings.

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