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Hyman Rosen wrote:

> Because the generic parameters that I want to supply are
> the results of some computation? If I'm writing a Charles
> algorithm as a procedure, might I not need to instantiate
> some generic packages inside the procedure as part of the
> work I'm doing?

I wish I knew of an online source for "Nesting in Ada is for the Birds." 
by Lori A. Clarke, et. al.  Ah Ha! The ACM Digital Library now has it: 
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=807944&jmp=abstract&coll=portal&dl=ACM

This is from 1980, and to say that it is accepted gospel in the Ada 
community is probably an understatement.

-- 
                                                     Robert I. Eachus

"Quality is the Buddha. Quality is scientific reality. Quality is the 
goal of Art. It remains to work these concepts into a practical, 
down-to-earth context, and for this there is nothing more practical or 
down-to-earth than what I have been talking about all along...the repair 
of an old motorcycle."  -- from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle 
Maintenance by Robert Pirsig