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From: dale@cs.rmit.edu.au (Dale Stanbrough)
Subject: Re: Ada and Java. different behaviour. casting long to int problem.
Date: 1999/06/18
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David Botton wrote:

" AdaMagic and OA are already doing it for most of Ada now (missing tasks and
  protected types, although they can be emulated using JDK calls)"


...but i think that Java is easier to read in some circumstances. You don't
end up having the code cluttered up with ".all", "'access" and "access".

I also like Java's interfaces, a feature I'm not sure how Ada can replicate.


Dale