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From: Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org>
Subject: Re: Wanted: Ada STL.  Reward: Ada's Future
Date: 1999/02/05
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Brian Rogoff <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com> writes:

> What troubles me about this discussion is the notion that anything that is 
> done in C++ is anathema to Ada. There is a C++ Booch Component Library, so 
> therefore the Booch Components are the wrong model for any Ada library. 

I think this is a misreading of what has been said.

The point is that idioms naturally expressible one language aren't easily
expressible the other.

For example, here's a quote from Robert Dewar about a French expression:

>P.S. It's easier in other languages. ACT/Europe uses the
>slogan "GNAT, c'est libre, mais c'est n'est pas gratuit",
>but that's not easily translatable into English :-)

The literal English translation is, "GNAT, it's free, but it's not
free."

But you wouldn't say it that way in English, because that wouldn't make
any sense.

So be careful about literal translations of C++ to Ada95.