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From: Peter Hermann <ica2ph@iris16.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
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Subject: Re: The Dreaded "Missing Subunits"
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Alexandre E. Kopilovitch <aek@vib.usr.pu.ru> wrote:
> Total number of Ada compilers is less that 10, AFAIK. It seems to be quite
> inexpensive for each of them to recognize filename extensions of others when
> a programmer asks for that with an appropriate compiler option.

damned true: e.g. I would expect AT LEAST a warning from AonixObjectAda 
in the frequent(!) case, where my students unknowingly put a main program
body into an  *.ads file  ;-)

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