Marco van de Voort wrote:

> ... Then this is a misunderstanding! Maybe you think it
> >is a sort of *float � la C ? Not at all: simply you declare variables
> >v: vector(1..100) and so on; you can pass them into "+"(v1,v2: vector) functions
> >and you have the range with attributes v1'first, v1'last, v1'range,...
> >To be even more reassured, use subtypes: "subtype matrix33 is matrix(1..3,1..3);"
> >It's that simple: type safety of Pascal, flexibility of C/Fortran!
>
> Sounds like Delphi style dynamic arrays.
>
> >As for submarines, you're right. Since C/C++ is said to replace Ada in US embedded
> >systems.. glups...

I don't know Delphi, but that's a static (as in not changing characteristics at run
time) array.  There are also various more dynamic forms (e.g., unbounded strings), but
that one was static.

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