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From: "Matthew Heaney" <mheaney@on2.com>
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Subject: Re: GCC 4.0 Ada.Containers Cursor danger.
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Dmitriy Anisimkov wrote:
> << Then what are we arguing about? >>
>
> About new Ada standard.

That is silly.  We should be arguing whether you personally are able to
write correct programs in Ada.

> Safety is not a matter of taste, it is a matter of software quality.
> Ada without safety is not better then C++.

Safety is a matter of degree.  Safety is also in tension with
flexibility and efficiency.

In fact the Ada 2005 standard container library is much safer than the
C++ STL, so your argument is specious, and your comparison to C++ is
invidious.