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From: Anh Vo <anhvofrcaus@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Pointers explained?
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:15:41 -0000
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On Jul 30, 2:23 pm, Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 30 Lip, 21:36, Adam Beneschan <a...@irvine.com> wrote:
[...]
>
> Note that Ada programmers also have 'Unrestricted_Access (GNAT) and
> 'Unchecked_Access to cheat around the rules.
>

I do not think they are used to cheat around the rules at all. They
are there, by design, for the experts who know what they are doing.
However, most of Ada software engineers including me are not experts
who make more mistakes than others. Therefore, these features are not
the default ones.

On the opposite, these features are the default ones in C/C++ because
C/C++ assumes that all C/C++ software engineers are experts who know
what they are doing including biting their tongs. Unfortunately, it is
not quite true. Furthermore, even the experts can not immune to making
mistakes due to tireness, after 5:00 PM synchrome,...

AV