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From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: System.Address'Size - not a static integer expression?
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Wes Groleau <wesgroleau@despammed.com> wrote in message news:<3CC03241.883A6E33@despammed.com>...

> Not really.  I just assumed the common meaning of static
> (non-chnging) used in most computer science classes--even
> those that teach C which has a REALLY wierd special meaning.

Actually the meaning in C is quite simple, it refers to the allocation
mode, so a static variable in C is statically allocated as opposied to
dynamically allocated -- very standard terms of usage. I certainly find
the use of static in C more intuitive from a terminology point of view
than "OWN" in Algol-60.