Re: Ada access vs C/C++ pointers and references

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic.brenta@insalien.org>]

 (Keith H Duggar) writes:
> Third, if Ada does not provide arithmetic pointers do you
> know if this has played any part in acceptance of Ada for
> systems programming or efficiency critical applications?

Ada does provide for pointer arithmetic, but the fact that one can
avoid pointers altogether for most things does help with verification
and certification of safety-critical software.  Pointer arithmetic is
usually confined to a few low-level device drivers.

(I work in avionics)

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Ludovic Brenta.