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From: kenner@lab.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner)
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Subject: Re: real numbers in ADA
Date: 10 Mar 1995 23:38:40 GMT
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In article <3jqlq1$s02@felix.seas.gwu.edu> mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes:
>Anyone who'd characterize the Ada LRM _per se_ as a "nightmare" to read,
>probably hasn't read the others. Most folks haven't read language standards,
>because they are expensive and, by nature, hard to read.

I've read the Ada 83 and Ada 95 LRMs.  I learned Ada from the Ada 83
LRM, but certainly consider the Ada 95 LRM a "nightmare".

I've also read the C standard and find it quite readable.  The major
problem with it, though, is that it never seems to contains answers to
any of the questions I consult it for.