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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: C vs. Ada - strings
Date: 2000/05/05
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In article <87k8h9v1iy.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org>,
  Florian Weimer <fw-usenet@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> wrote:

> A direct Ada translation would be a bit more complicated
> because you would have to keep track both of the start and the
> end of the tokens.

Why? there is nothing wrong with using a string terminator
in an Ada context if that is convenient. Indeed you can take
the C "string" facility, and map it into Ada in a pretty
direct fashion if you like (the inclusion in the language
of aliased and 'Access was motivated precisely by this kind
of example!)



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