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Introduction to Computing (810:051)

Fall 2009

Professor John McCormick

Announcements and Assignment Updates

Have a good Thanksgiving Break. Remember to complete the structure chart due on the Monday you return.

− Read the sample programs. You cannot write good programs unless you have read good programs.

Answer all assigned questions on time. Write the answers in your notebook.
Organize and participate in a study group of 2 - 3 students to discuss the assigned questions
If something is not perfectly clear, ask me

− Feel free to call me or e-mail me your questions.

− If you don't know what to ask, come talk to me. See me during office hours, in lab, or make an appointment.

− Read the assignment the day your receive it.

− Contact me with any questions you may have on the assignment. It is better to ask early than to lose credit later when I grade your work.

− Recognize when you are stuck and work on something else until you can see me. Don't spin your wheels.

Publishers web site for the textbook
Graduate Assistant Lab Hours
Online Books
Solutions to selected Post Labs
Listing of recent commercial projects using Ada
Ada 2005 Reference Manual (ARM) at the Ada Information Clearinghouse
Ada Rationale The Rationale explains why language features were designed the way they are.
Syllabus
Letter Grade Assignments
Wright Hall Lab Hours
GNAT Ada Compiler - download your own copy of the free GPL 2009 edition for Windows or Linux. Select your operating system (nearly all Windows users should select x86-windows). Download two files: the README and GNAT-GPL-2009-(rest of the file name depends on whether you selected Linux or Windows). The second file is the self-extracting set up for the compiler and an integrated development environment called GPS. We will not be using GPS in this course.
AdaGIDE - download your own copy (install GNAT before AdaGIDE). Here is a listing of the AdaGIDE settings used in the Wright Hall labs.