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Ada Program Library

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The purpose of this library is to hold compilation units,
subunits, and the information about them.


Compilation units are :

    Procedure specifications ( optional )
    Procedure bodies
    Function specifications ( optional )
    Function bodies
    Package specifications
    Package bodies

The specifications are the external view. "withed"

The bodies are the implementation, the internal view.

Ada requires recompilation of any unit that has a
"withed" unit recompiled.

In VAX Ada libraries ( one specific implementation ):

    .OBJ is the object code just like FORTRAN or C
    .ACU is the processed information ready to be "withed"
    .ADC is a copy of the saved source for the debugger
         
Some "ACS" commands:
         $ ACS RECOMPILE  *
         $ ACS DIR/NOENT    <blank or name of wild card>
         $ ACS DELETE UNIT <unit-name>
         $ ACS LINK <main-procedure-name>