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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Outside view (still): Development process in the Ada community
Date: 17 Apr 2002 21:12:05 -0500
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In article <99c4aee4a9ea33ca8fbe1e634b3b4f14.48257@mygate.mailgate.org>, "Kent Paul Dolan" <xanthian@well.com> writes:
> "Robert Dewar" <dewar@gnat.com> wrote:
> 
>> What makes languages brittle is when they accumulate ill thought out
>> junk that does not work well and cannot be easily modified.
> 
> And what makes languages rigid is that they fail to incorporate good
> ideas that do work out well and have been widely praised.

ACT has experimented with several pragmas and attributes outside
the standard.  What other ideas have been worked out and proven
in an Ada environment ?