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- Announcing
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- A D A - T U T R
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- The Interactive Ada Tutor!
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- On 25 March 1988, Software Innovations Technology announced ADA-TUTR,
- an Ada Tutor program to train people to be excellent Ada programmers
- in minimum time. It runs on PCs as well as mainframes.
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- Ada is an ideal programming language, because Ada programs tend to
- have fewer errors, to be easier to read, and to be much easier to
- modify later. The U.S. Department of Defense mandated the use of Ada
- in mission-critical systems (DoD Directive 3405.2, 1987).
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- Not just a "quiz," ADA-TUTR is a thorough course of interactive
- instruction that even checks "homework" assignments. ADA-TUTR
- concentrates on teaching good program design, not just syntax, so that
- programs will take advantage of the features of Ada that make them
- more reliable and easier to maintain. ADA-TUTR was written by John J.
- Herro, Ph.D., who taught a graduate course in Ada at the State
- University of New York at Binghamton, and taught Ada to employees of
- General Electric Co. and Grumman Aerospace Corp.
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- When ADA-TUTR is run on a PC, an Ada compiler is helpful, but not
- required. A list of Ada compilers available for the PC, some of them
- inexpensive, is included. The PC needs a hard disk or a 3 1/2" disk,
- and can have a monochrome or color monitor. Since ADA-TUTR comes with
- Ada source code, it will run on other computers with Ada compilers.
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- ADA-TUTR is marketed as "Shareware," which means that individuals,
- schools, and companies may try the program without charge, making and
- distributing as many copies as desired! To use the program after a
- free trial, an individual registers for a one-time charge of only $25.
- Organizations buy licenses for a one-time charge as follows:
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- Number of Users: Price of License:
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- Up to 100 only $450
- Up to 500 only $725
- Up to 2000 only $950
- Unlimited only $2400
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- Individuals can earn generous commissions by selling registrations or
- licenses. Full information is included with ADA-TUTR.
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- An update of ADA-TUTR is planned with the next revision of the Ada
- language. Registered and licensed users receive updates for only $5.
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- For a copy of ADA-TUTR to try with no obligation, send only $10, or
- send $5 and a blank, formatted, 5 1/4" DSDD diskette with a stamped,
- addressed diskette mailer.
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- Software Innovations Technology
- 1083 Mandarin Dr. NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905-4706
- (407)951-0233
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