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From: tfrancis@wpi.wpi.edu (Krishan M Nainani)
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Subject: Questions on Ada...
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Date: 29 Jun 89 03:33:22 GMT
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	I have just started learning Ada and have a few questions on it.

(1)	Is there any way to mimic the C pre-processor commands in Ada.
	For example, is it possible to mimic:
	#ifdef TEMP
	...
	#endif

(2)	Is it possible to copy sections of memory regardless of its
	contents from one type to another. For example, in C:

	atype : *ptr1; btype : *ptr2; /* atype and btype are different */
	for (i=0;i<123;i++)  *ptr1++ = *ptr2++; 


Thanx in advance.

Krishan Nainani.	reply-to: tfrancis@wpi.wpi.edu

Cheers !