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From: "Jerry Coffin" <jcoffin@taeus.com>
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Subject: Re: Teaching new tricks to an old dog (C++ -->Ada)
Date: 23 Mar 2005 17:50:33 -0800
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Robert A Duff wrote:
> "Jerry Coffin" <jcoffin@taeus.com> writes:
>
> > In addition, one of the major arguments the Ada fans have used here
> > is that Ada's strings are built-in, NOT added as a class like in
> > C++.
>
> *Some* Ada fans have used that argument, but I'm an Ada fan, and I
> don't agree with it.  I happen to think that (other things being
> equal) it's better to put functionality into libraries than to build
> them into the syntax and semantics of the language.

You're right. I did not intend to put words in your mouth (or anybody
else's for that matter). What I said was wrong, and I apologize.

--
    Later,
    Jerry.

The universe is a figment of its own imagination.