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From: Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org>
> This is a case of the compiler being "correct but irritating". This is
> related to compilers that are "correct but useless". In the latter case,
> saying "Thank you. Your compiler is correct, but is unsuitable for our
> needs. We are therefore evaluating other compilers for our project."
> generally gets the vendor to sing a different tune. If you can honestly
> say this to your vendor you may suddenly find yourself possessed of an
> update that raises Storage_Error. But since this is only irritating, not
> useless, it may not be worth the effort.

I very much like the Rational Apex system, but sometimes Rational people have the 
attitude of saying: "We know how to do it correctly, you blockhead..."