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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Two simple language questions (plural types)
Date: 1998/01/10
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Matthew said

<<Integer is not called Integers.

Float is not called Floats.

Address is not called Addresses.

File_Type is not called File_Types.

File_Mode is not called File_Modes.
>>

Actually that's the most powerful argument here, because it means that
the issue is not one of taste but one of consistency. Since the 
declarations in the RM are a given, it seems a bad idea to choose a
convention that is inconsistent with the RM style!