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From: mark_lundquist@my-deja.com
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Subject: Built-in types (was Re: How can I avoid Using a Semaphore?
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 00:35:58 GMT
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In article <94f1a8$k9r$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
> Carefully written Ada programs should
> not use the built-in types in any case.
>

That seems a little broad...

When a careful Ada programmer writes 'Integer', he's saying that he
understands the things about Integer that are implementation-defined
and that those things are "don't cares" for him in this instance.  It's
not careless to say that and mean it.

Need I elaborate?  (I don't feel like a lot of typing this afternoon :-)

-- mark


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