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Dmitry A. Kazakov schrieb am Dienstag, 26. Januar 2021 um 11:25:41 UTC+1:
> How do I 
> spell in the language the fact that Long_Integer is an integer? If 
> Integer is an integer and Long_Integer is an integer can I write a 
> program that works on integers? Can it be the *same* program for each 
> instance of? Simple, natural questions.

This is what generics are for (since Ada 83).