Re: overload ":=" ???

[johnherro@aol.com (John Herro)]

dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:
>[John Herro seemed to give the wrong advice,
>about using limited private types]... Perhaps
>he was answering in the framework of Ada 83
>(where controlled types are not available).
     Robert, you caught me with my pants down!  Although I have a
Janus/Ada 95 compiler, I do almost all my programming with a Janus/Ada 83
compiler or a Meridian Ada 83 compiler, because the 83 compilers produce
native code, while the 95 produces an .EXP file which requires an
interpreter.  That's why I was "thinking in Ada 83."  Fortunately, I'll be
acquiring Gnat in a few days!
     What made matters worse is that my post took a long time to appear in
comp.lang.ada, after David had already received the "correct" advice about
non-limited controlled types.  Sorry!
     Once I acquire the Gnat compiler, I expect to switch from Ada 83 to
Ada 95 for most of my programming.  Then I hope to add more Ada 95
information to my Ada Tutor program.
- John Herro
Software Innovations Technology
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