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From: "Per Lindquist" <commander@death-star.com>
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Subject: Re: This can't be done in Ada...or?
Date: 14 Feb 2005 00:34:09 -0800
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Yes, in C this would have been no problem (we are experienced C
programmers just moving on to Ada and we're quite frustrated over this
issue). (The C solution requires use of macros but I think that's less
controversial than using macros in Ada.)