Programming in Ada: Plus an Overview of Ada 9X (International Computer Science Series)

The fourth edition of this text and reference remains focused on the current ANSI 83 standard and reflects the imminent Ada 9X standard in three ways: highlights all features of Ada that will be affected by the Ada 9X standard, and describes their design rationale in detail; summarizes important changes, including the increased support for object-oriented programming, the introduction of hierarchical library structure and the inclusion of protected objects; and provides details syntax changes in appendices for easy access.