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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic.brenta@insalien.org>
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Waldek Hebisch <hebisch@math.uni.wroc.pl> writes:
> Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.theworld.com> wrote:
>> Ada's array-of-boolean doesn't have the annoying restriction of
>> Pascal sets to a small range.  If you want 10_000 bits, that's fine
>> in Ada, but Pascal compilers typically won't allow it.
>> 
>
> Use good Pascal compiler. GNU Pascal sets are limited by integer
> size.  On 32-bit machines you are still limited to 256 MB (while
> packed bit array is able to use 64-bit indices and fill whole 4GB),
> but on 64-bit machines the other limits strike first. Even on 32-bit
> machines I would not call it "small range".

Why would I use a good Pascal compiler if I already use an Ada compiler?

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Ludovic Brenta.