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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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On 10/23/2010 01:16 PM, George wrote:
>
> begin
> -- Ada.Command_Line.Argument_Count is "0" if
> -- a) Command_Line.Argument_Count is not implemented (Compiler, OS)
> -- b) no arguments given
> if Ada.Command_Line.Argument_Count>  0 then
>     for counter in 1..Ada.Command_Line.Argument_Count loop

Unrelated to your question, which others have answered, this "if" is not needed. 
The loop will execute zero times if Argument_Count < 1.

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