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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: generic package dilemma
Date: 1999/11/23
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In article <wcczow6flxa.fsf@world.std.com>,
  Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com> wrote:
> I've thought about the problem a lot since 1995, and I have
> yet to come up with an upward compatible solution that is also
> "good" in all the other respects I'd like.

What don't you like about the GNAT scheme, it seems to work
remarkably well in practice. There is of course no fully
upwards compatible solution (there are halting problem issues),
but so what?


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