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From: mheaney@ni.net (Matthew Heaney)
Subject: Re: ObjectAda vs Gnat -- bugs
Date: 1997/05/30
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References: <EA93C3.CF4@thomsoft.com> <3385E9F1.2915@gsfc.nasa.gov>
 <EApBzG.AzH@world.std.com> <338C6563.2679@gsfc.nasa.gov>
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Organization: Estormza Software
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Date: 1997-05-30T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <EAywJp.4uA@world.std.com>, bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A
Duff) wrote:


>The AARM is boring and useless for most folks.  But if you want to know
>in detail why Ada 95 is the way it is, or if you're a compiler writer,
>the AARM is useful.  It's filled with arcane trivia.

"Arcane trivia" and funny tidbits, like:

package Ada.Streams is
   pragma Pure (Streams); {unpolluted}

The evaluation of an allocator creates an object and yields an access value
that designates the object.  {heap management: see also alligator}

Funny, Bob...

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