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From: Jerry <lanceboyle@qwest.net>
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Subject: Re: Copying rows in a two dimensional array.
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:10:44 -0800 (PST)
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I've never understood why Ada does not allow slicing in
multidimensional arrays. What are the safety issues involved? And how
is it safe to force the programmer into ad hoc methods?

Jerry