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From: Jean-Pierre Rosen <rosen@adalog.fr>
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Subject: Re: Surprise in array concatenation
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:09:55 +0200
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adaworks@sbcglobal.net a �crit :
> Enumerated types, as presently designed, are not extensible.  They
> do no encapsulate their operations, and new operations, though
> they can be added, do not bind in a way that conforms to conventional
> OO design principles.
> 
Can't resist...
Remember that a great strength of Ada is that you are not *forced* into 
OO design when it is not appropriate. Enumerated types are great for 
other methodologies.

This is not a troll for those who think that OO is everything...
(well, maybe :-) )

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