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Subject: Re: urgent question - generics
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'anon AT anon DOT org (anon)' wrote:

> The English language has many different definitions of the word 'generic', 
> none of them deal with Ada.  Which can cause confusion when trying to 
> answer someone question, if you do not know the semantics of the word 
> 'generic' or the phase 'generic statement'.
>
> The Lady was not speaking of the "GENERIC" keyword in Ada. Also 
> another clue was this was her first test.  Basically, testing her 
> knowledge of Reserved words, program structures, basic data types 
> (defined in the "Standard package"), etc.  And how to call a 
> procedure and function, which as the base of her question.
>
> Testing for user-defined packages and possible the "Generic" type 
> packages may be in second test.

So you know the "the ladies" college and how they take tests? (Or are
you trying to pose as an educational expert here)?

- M