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From: jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk)
Subject: Re: Ada 95 Low_Level_IO package
Date: 1997/09/13
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Date: 1997-09-13T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <EGEpFx.3s6@world.std.com> bobduff@world.std.com writes:

>>A programmer came to me asking where the Ada 95 Low_Level_IO package
>>was. Immagine my surprise when I couldn't find it! Gee... I *knew* it
>>was in Ada 83! Now, where did it go? Anybody have any ideas?
>
>Low_Level_IO existed in Ada 83, but its contents were entirely
>implementation-defined -- in particular, implementations could (and did)
>provide an empty package.

I guess my thinking really has been warped by some
magician into a unique PC windows limited view :-)

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