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On Jun 9, 2:36=A0am, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mail...@dmitry-kazakov.de>
wrote:
> On Sat, =A09 Jun 2012 11:25:05 +0200 (CEST), Nomen Nescio wrote:
> > wrp <i3t...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> I develop small to medium sized tools. Tasks are mostly limited to
> >> text processing, database management, and simple visualization.
>
> > Ada is lousy for text/string manipulation.
>
> Which is good, because there practically is no task, which required text
> string manipulation. You should parse strings in place without moving
> anything except the cursor. The same applies to the formatted output.
>
> > The string library is feature-poor, so you'll find yourself writing bas=
ic
> > libraries for constructs that are included in many languages.
>
> The constructs which should probably be forbidden in first place. It is
> amazing to see what programmers usually write in C++ or C# when faced
> trivial problems of parsing some simple input.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Dmitry A. Kazakovhttp://www.dmitry-kazakov.de

I am curious about this: how parse string in place etc?
What about say web apps?