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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Is this expected behavior or not
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 20:23:14 +0200
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Date: 2013-04-07T20:23:14+02:00
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On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 20:10:09 +0200, Stefan.Lucks@uni-weimar.de wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Apr 2013, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> 
>>> The same for conversions between Integer and Float.
>>
>> Nope. You cannot convert house number to outdoor temperature.
> 
> So what? Neither can I convert my zip code to my birth year (both 
> Positive) or the outdoor temperature to speed of light. ;-)

Which is the whole point.

> I don't think we'll agree on this issue, but I fail to see any significant 
> distinction between the class of arithmetic types and string types.

The distinction is one domain vs. many.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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