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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: output of enumeration types
Date: 18 Apr 2005 17:35:28 -0500
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In article <d41ars$3eo$1@achot.icm.edu.pl>, "Staszek Goldstein" <goldstei@math.uni.lodz.pl> writes:
> I have got the following problem: having defined
> type roman_digit is ('I','V','X','L','C','D','M');
> type roman_number is array (positive range <>) of roman_digit;
> I want to print, say, "MMV" of type roman_number on the standard output. I 
> have no idea how to do it, at least without tedious step-by-step conversion 
> routines between roman numbers and strings.

What is tedious ?  The computer will do it for you.

If there were a built-in Make_Roman function, the computer would still
be doing the work.