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Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:43:42 +0100
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On 07.02.11 10:00, Ludovic Brenta wrote:

> In Ada, if you write:
> 
> procedure Foo (Arg : in Integer) is
> begin
>    Arg := 3;
> end Foo;
> 
> you get a compile-time error.
> 
> void foo (int arg) { arg = 3; }


In C, if you write

int foo(const int arg) {
  arg = 3;
}

you will get a compile time error.

If you write

int foo(const int* arg) {
  *arg = 3;
}

you will get a compile time error.

For further ammunition for Verdun style language comparisons,
see function Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random.Random.

I think there are better arguments.