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From: johnherro@aol.com (John Herro)
Subject: Re: C is 'better' than Ada because...
Date: 1996/08/16
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Date: 1996-08-16T00:00:00+00:00
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I wrote:
> In Ada 83, either the pointer or the object
> pointed to has a name, but not both.
     I wrote that too hastily!  I meant to say that in Ada 83, the pointer
has a name, but the object pointed to doesn't.  Nothing can point to
objects that have names in Ada 83.  This, of course, changed with Ada 95.
- John Herro
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