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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Ada95 Strengths/Weaknesses.
Date: 1999/09/28
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In article <t7vh8vx6fh.fsf@calumny.jyacc.com>,
  Hyman Rosen <hymie@prolifics.com> wrote:
> Aside from the verbosity of the Ada code (which is apparent
even though
> the C++ equivalents aren't written idiomatically)

verbosity is not necessarily a bad thing if it makes the
code easier to read.

, notice that in the
> output code, it is necessary to repeat the types of the things
being
> output, even though the ompiler already knows it!

Again, not necessarily a bad thing if it makes the code
easier to read.




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