On Mon, 7 Oct 2013, Robert A Duff wrote:

> I like the syntax of Pascal: If X is a pointer, then "X" denotes that
> pointer, "X^" denotes the object it points at (all of it!), and "X^.Y"
> denotes the Y component of the object X points at (again, all of that
> component!).  And "X.Y" is illegal.
>
> Since dereference is just one character, it's not painful to read.
> And it imparts useful information.

Agreed! This is one of the few points where Ada really made things from 
Pascal worse.



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