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Luke A. Guest <laguest@archeia.com> writes:
> The aim is to see how languages stack up. By using the standard
> containers with their anti-tampering and other checks, you would be
> hobbling Ada in this case.

Ummph, the anti-tampering and other checks are part of Ada's safety
which is its main compelling feature.  If you turn them off then Ada no
longer brings any benefit compared with unsafe languages.