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Marin David Condic wrote:
> Ultimately, what Ada needs is to have the same sort of libraries that 
> C/C++ does but written directly in Ada and in Ada style. Don't duplicate 
> - innovate. Ada doesn't have to have a parallel for *every* C/C++ 

Sometimes, my approach is first duplicate, then improve.
(Translate, and then make it elegant)

-- 
Wes Groleau

A pessimist says the glass is half empty.

An optimist says the glass is half full.

An engineer says somebody made the glass
        twice as big as it needed to be.