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From: "David C. Hoos" <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bertrand Augereau" <baugereau@ifrance.kom>
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Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: Ada The Best Language?


<snip>
> >   - weak enumeration types
> Why? Enum are a different type in the system.
> 
No, they're not.  Enums are simply names for integer values
that can be assigned to integers, used in place of an integer in
an expression, or passed as an argument to functions with an
integer argument type.

Furthermore, you can't get the name of an enum value as a
string intrinsically from the type.  In Ada, the 'Image attribute
returns the name of the enumeration value.

C/C++ enums are definitely weak.
 
<snip>