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From: Dale Stanbrough <dale@goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Why Ada is not the Commercial Lang of  Choice
Date: 1997/06/18
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Date: 1997-06-18T00:00:00+00:00
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Robert I. Eachus writes:

"   Wait a second here.  The eqivalent Ada is:
 
    Mem_Map: Integer;
    for Mem_Map'Address use 16#B0100040#;
  begin
    Mem_Map := 16#00344556#;"


We shouldn't of course forget the option of using underscores in numeric
literals, which to my continual amazement, no other language that i know of
has!
E.g.

    Mem_Map: Integer;
    for Mem_Map'Address use 16#B010_0040#;
  begin
    Mem_Map := 16#0034_4556#;"


This is such a simple feature, yet it improves readability no end.

Dale