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From: Peter Hermann <ica2ph@sinus.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
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Subject: Re: Question about OO programming in Ada
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:56:37 +0000 (UTC)
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Randy Brukardt <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote:
> Ada allows access types for O-O programming because of a desire to allow
> people to translate existing O-O designs for C++ and Java directly into Ada.
> I think that's generally a mistake -- Ada can do better than using explicit
> pointers.

Moreover, access types are not SPARK compliant.
www.sparkada.com

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