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From: aek@vib.usr.pu.ru (Alexander Kopilovitch)
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Subject: Re: conversion
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Georg Bauhaus wrote:

> > The varying strings of unspecified maximum size are common for many applications
> > outside of current, quite restricted Ada world. And arrays of such strings
> > are no less common.
>
>Care to list some examples?

  /* C/C++ example */

  char *Titles[] = {
                    "Quizionary",
                    "Nose To Nose",
                    "Myself",
                    "General Dissent",
                    "Veteran's Opinion",
                    "Corporate Science Weekly",
                    "Truth, Wealth, Health",
                    "Bribery Times"
                   };


  { Object Pascal example }
                                                
  const
        Dishes : array [1..4] of String = (
                                           'black pudding',
                                           'crab soup',
                                           'steak & kidney pie',
                                           'lemon tart'
                                          );
                                                




Alexander Kopilovitch                      aek@vib.usr.pu.ru
Saint-Petersburg
Russia