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This document specifies the form and meaning of programs written in Ada. Its purpose is to promote the portability of Ada programs to a variety of computing systems. This document specifies: -   The form of a program written in Ada; -   The effect of translating and executing such a program; -   The manner in which program units can be combined to form Ada programs; -   The language-defined library units that a conforming implementation is required to supply; -   The permissible variations in conformance to the rules of this document, and the manner in which they are to be documented; -   Those violations of the requirements of this document that a conforming implementation is required to detect, and the effect of attempting to translate or execute a program containing such violations; -   Those violations of the requirements of this document that a conforming implementation is not required to detect. This document does not specify: -   The means whereby a program written in Ada is transformed into object code executable by a processor; -   The means whereby translation or execution of programs is invoked and the executing units are controlled; -   The size or speed of the object code, or the relative execution speed of different language constructs; -   The form or contents of any listings produced by implementations; in particular, the form or contents of error or warning messages; -   The effect of unspecified execution; -   The size of a program or program unit that will exceed the capacity of a particular conforming implementation.