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From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: Ada -vs- GNAT
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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote in message news:<ug2dgt3dbimqab@corp.supernews.com>...
> >Personally I find the introduction of attributes and pragmas that are
> >notessential to be undesirable.
> 
> 
> I agree

Everyone agrees!

What people differ on is the definition of essential. We are in the business
of meeting our customers needs. If there is a customer who needs a new feature,
and if the feature makes sense, and if it is generally useful, then we see it
as essential :-)

Robert Dewar
Ada Core Technologies