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Subject: Re: Generating a random number, not sure why I'm getting this error
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John Smith <yoursurrogategod@gmail.com> writes:

> I didn't realize that that was how generic packages should be used.  I
> figured that they should be used just like any other package.

See for example https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ada_Programming/Generics -
also http://www.adaic.org/learn/materials/