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Robert A Duff wrote:
> 
> A beginner needs to learn how to write a "Hello, world" program
> first, and soon thereafter, some simple thing that involves
> printing out integer values.  I think one of my first assignments
> way back when was to write a program to add up two numbers
> and print out the answer.  If that's hard, it gives a bad
> first impression.  (In fact, it WAS hard -- it involved
> horsing around with Fortran FORMAT statements and Hollerith codes,
> which is worse than horsing around with Ada generics.)

Ah, the Good Old Days. FORTRAN 66, punched cards, FORMAT statements, 5HHELLO, 
and the like. Am I glad that's changed.

> I disagree.  Certainly removing the extra blank would not introduce
> bloat.  And in fact, giving 'Image the exact same functionality
> as Integer_Text_IO would _simplify_ the language, by making
> it more uniform.

Yes, I was thinking along similar lines: a language with a decent 'Image would 
not need the I/O generics, just 'Image and text I/O.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Oh Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou
mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy."
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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