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From: Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: need help learning Ada for a modula-2 programmer
Date: 30 Jan 2014 01:44:51 GMT
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Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> wrote:
> On 01/29/2014 05:15 AM, Mike H wrote:
>> 
>> generic
>>     type Item is private;
>>     type Index is (<>);
>>     type Array_type is array (index range <>) of Item;
>> function Shift_right_circular
>>     (A        : Array_type;
>>     Places : Natural) return Array_type;
> 
> I'd call that Rotate_Right, personally.

I suspect that Mike H is rightpondian.  Shift right circular is what we
call it.

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Bill Findlay