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Chad Bremmon wrote:
> Nobody complained when I write this article...disagreeing with an 
> article that complained there was too much Overhead in OO in General.
> http://www.embedded.com/2000/0010/0010feat2.htm

Well, now that I've read it, how in the world does
     Create(System.Address; Opsys.Unsignedshort)
belong as part of the specification of a Light class?
And what is it about your Ada code that couldn't just
as easily be done in C++?

Oh, and by the way, your sample turn_on and turn_off
functions don't change the state of the Is_On boolean,
so you can never turn a light off once you turn it on!