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Subject: Re: Pointers explained?
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:38:24 -0000
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Thanks for all the help.

I figured I had to use "new" eventually.  In C++, allocating memory
doesn't
seem to bother me - mainly because I'm confident with the language and
feel like I can control the program flow better.  However, in Ada,
that whole
"Unchecked_Deallocation" bothers me... although I seem to have used it
effectively.
The "Unchecked" part just makes it seem like Ada provides a better
way...
Are there any version of GNAT that support garbage collection?  I'm
working
with 10-15 year old government system.  Perhaps I can convince them to
upgrade
to an Ada compiler with a garbage collector

--
Shaun