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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:43:35 +0200
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On 19.06.13 14:38, Robert A Duff wrote:

> Oh, and the fact that the whole model is overly restrictive.
> For example, it makes perfect sense to say:
>
>      package Symbols is
>          type Symbol is private;
>          function Intern(S: String) return Symbol;
>          Empty_Symbol: constant Symbol := Intern(""); -- Wrong!
>
> But that doesn't work in Ada.  It works fine in my hobby
> language.  ;-)

Does your hobby language allow separate compilation?