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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: How to use associative arrays in Ada 2005?
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On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:52:03 -0500, Matthew Heaney wrote:

> Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

>> 3. You don't mention memory, for a good reason. Hashes are known space
>> eaters. And you have n**2 of them!
> 
> Yes, Dimitry.  And cars consume more gasoline than bicycles...

Sorry, but I fail to see how a hash of hashes is more "car" than a simple
hash (over the tuple). Maybe your point is that a car carrier truck is a
better family car than Ford Mondeo?

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de