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Subject: Re: Why are Ada compilers difficult to write ?
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Date: 2018-06-22T11:00:10-07:00
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On Friday, 22 June 2018 18:10:35 UTC+1, Simon Clubley  wrote:
> On 2018-06-22, Lucretia <> wrote:
> > On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 18:55:02 UTC+1, Dan'l Miller  wrote:
> >
> >> *=C2=A0A section of the Ada _LRM_ standard commonly called the "heart =
of darkness" which supposedly only a handful of people on the planet grok
> >
> > Which section is this in the manual? It should be titled that :)
>=20
> 3.10.2 (according to Randy)

Thanks, but I found it in the index, it's actually labelled as that ;)
=20
> Personally, I don't think it's something to be proud of however.

Well no.
=20
> When a language is used in the critical environments that Ada is used in,
> it shouldn't have anything in it which is that difficult to understand.

Yes, but Ada is a complex language.