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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@crs4.it>
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Subject: Re: Is the Writing on the Wall for Ada?
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Marin David Condic wrote:

> I'm not even sure why Bounded_String exists - except for intellectual 
> completeness.

Sometimes it is the right tool for the job.  I use it in quite a few of
my programs.

Jacob
-- 
"I am an old man now, and when I die and go to Heaven there are two
   matters on which I hope enlightenment. One is quantum electro-dynamics
   and the other is turbulence of fluids. About the former, I am rather
   optimistic."  --  Sir Horace Lamb.