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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: ANN: PLplot plotting library with Ada bindings
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On 10/02/2013 09:39 PM, Anatoly Chernyshev wrote:
>>> Initialize_PLplot; -- Call this only once.
>> Why doesn't the elaboration of Plplot do this?
>>> End_PLplot;        -- Call this only once.
>> Why not use finalization to do this?
>
> Maybe because this is a binding, not the original construct.

A binding can do that, too.

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Jeff Carter
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