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From: adam@irvine.com
Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java
Date: 1999/01/22
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In article <m3d847sjjp.fsf@mheaney.ni.net>,
  Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org> wrote:

> Ada and Java are the only mainstream languages that have built-in
> support for currency. . . .

I have to dispute this.  COBOL has always had support for currency; I
believe it was the first language with features for printing numbers with a
dollar sign and embedded commas, and even gave you the option of putting
asterisks in between the dollar sign and the number for check protection.
However, Ada 95 has added the package Ada.Text_IO.Editing, which should give
it at least as good support for currency as what COBOL has.

Yes, I know you meant to type "concurrency"... I'm just being silly...

:)
				-- Adam

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