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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: local variables
Date: 1998/04/10
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B. Voh said

<<Does new ADA support a retention of local variables similar to Fortran's
"save" or C's "static" declaration?
In my last encounter with ADA, some years back, I found that to be a
rather crippling ommission and often working against the very principles
(encapsulation) it was supposed to champion.
>>

I am afraid it was your lack of success in learning Ada that was the
source of the crippling rather than the language itself!!! 


All versions of Ada have supported this in a straightforward manner. Merely
encapsulate the subprogram involved in a package, and then put the variable
in question in the package body. Problem solved!