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Subject: Re: Ada source comparison
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 18:37:46 -0000
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Date: 2001-07-01T18:37:46+00:00

>   a) run a pretty printer on both, then compare the pretty-printed
>source files.
>   b) compile both and compare the resulting object files (may differ
>slightly in a timestamp but shouldn't differ much more than that).

Thank you for the ideas - in fact I already used b) but I was
looking for a more civilized method.
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