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From: "Constantin Porphyrogenete" <excubiteur@hotmail.com>
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Subject: loop variant in SPARK ADA
Date: 19 Sep 2005 02:25:42 -0700
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Couldn't find the newsgroup for SPARK.
Thought I'd try this one.

Read the book. It seems there is no
way to assert a loop variant to
help prove termination (I am thinking
of the Eiffel loop variant).

Is there any reason SPARK ADA doesn't
have this?