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>>>smooth integration of user-defined and primitive datatypes,
>>
>>Why do you think C++ is better in that respect? 
> 
> Because all operations applicable to C++ fundamental types can be made
> to work for user-defined types.  Ada's fundamental types have
> attributes, but those attributes can not be provided for user-defined
> types.  This makes generic programming in Ada more difficult than
> generic programming in C++.

I don't know C++ very well, but this complaint
about Ada is true--at least partially.  I do
understand C and Java, so I'll risk interpolating
to C++ ....

Does C++ have subtypes and derived types?  The lack
of such in Java is really a pain.  And these DO inherit
attributes from parent types.  But I wish I could
define things like 'First and 'Last when I create a
private type for which they are meaningful.
It would also be nice to be able to redefine 'Size
for an access type or record containing an access type.
But these are minor issues.