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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Strategies with SPARK which does not support exceptions
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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:

> This is exactly why I'm not much interested in SPARK itself: because
> it forces programs back into the style that I originally learned for
> Fortran IV in 1976: no dynamic allocation, no dynamic calls, no
> exceptions -- no interest! I'm interested in what SPARK brings to the
> table in proof capabilities, but I see no reason to give up 3/4rds of
> Ada to get it.

Complete agreement here!