Re: Bit manipulation facilities in Ada

["P.S. Norby" <psnorby@cacd.rockwell.com>]

dewarr@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> 
> In article <x7vaf1j3bbw.fsf@pogner.demon.co.uk>,
>   Simon Wright <simon@pogner.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > there is one particular feature
> > that is missing in Ada, namely packed bit arrays. In C
> > you
> >         ^^^^^^^ 'present', I think?
> 
> Yes indeed Simon, thanks for noticing this, I did indeed
> mean present. Some evil C witch must have put a spell on
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

We will all expect to see this character in the next gala!  ;-)



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> Robert Dewar
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