a �crit dans le message news: Y6f19.18869$vX4.189933792@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com... > Ada's fixed point types are > nothing but integers with the compiler handling the scaling. And arrays are nothing but an address with the compiler handling the indexing.... Kidding apart, handling the scaling requires care, and having fixed points in the language relieves the programmer from a delicate task. -- --------------------------------------------------------- J-P. Rosen (rosen@adalog.fr) Visit Adalog's web site at http://www.adalog.fr