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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen, LJK Software)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: An observation of Ada (may offend)
Message-ID: <1995Mar17.180137.9394@eisner>
Date: 17 Mar 95 18:01:36 -0500
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Date: 1995-03-17T18:01:36-05:00
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In article <3kbkm1$41o@miranda.gmrc.gecm.com>, bill@valiant.gmrc.gecm.com (R.A.L Williams) writes:

> b. No bit level manipulation (fixed in Ada95 but only for unsigned
> ie. mod INTEGERs, I can't test a sign bit, not that I need to) HCTBAEL.

Well some of us don't have Ada95 scheduled for our platforms...
...but I find that when I need to manipulate bits it is specific bit
fields rather than generic bit-algebras :-).  Representation clauses
in Ada are marvelous (although I have used similar capabilities from
other languages which don't happen to be codified in their standards).

> e. No short cut operators (+= etc.) -- sorry, we've had this debate
> already in another thread, I've heard the objections, I still like the
> operators.

I disagree, perhaps for a reason which has not been stated.  The 26 letters
and the space bar are about all that I can touch-type.  Entering any
punctuation requires looking at the keyboard, so I prefer long-cut
operators.

Larry Kilgallen