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From: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: Calculating SQRT in ADA
Date: 1999/03/25
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In article <36F913E0.75F51763@lmco.com>,
  howard.w.ludwig@lmco.com wrote:
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> We need to be a little more careful in addressing
> questions of new people.
> The answer Chris gave _assumes_ Ada 95.  Many people, for
> whatever reason,
> still use Ada 83.  It is clear from another post by the
> original poster that
> Ada 83 is needed.  A more appropriate, complete answer is
> something like the
> following:

I disagree, it is generally confusing to talk about
obsolete languages unless necessary. If people ask about
Ada, it is reasonable to assume they mean Ada 95. If people
really want to ask about Ada 83 (or Ada 80, or whatever),
then they need to qualify the questions appropriately.

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