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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Permutation generator in ada library
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 08:05:47 +0100
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Shark8 <OneWingedShark@gmail.com> writes:

> On 10/3/2014 1:47 PM, Simon Wright wrote:
>> Shark8 <OneWingedShark@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Incidentally, this would be a non issue in a compiler/environment that
>>> had the 83-style library.
>>
>> I remember really annoying problems with DEC Ada and its library
>> implementation. Quite easy to botch it up to the point where the
>> solution was to wipe the lot and restart.
>>
>
> Really?
> I'd be quite interested in hearing more.

This was quite some time ago :-)

Maybe saying "I remember" was a bit of an exaggeration. I recall the
annoyance, but not what I did to bring it about. Sorry.