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From: Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Is the Writing on the Wall for Ada?
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:07:19 +0200
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On 04 Oct 2003 13:28:50 +0200, Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@uni-duisburg.de>
wrote:

>>>>>> "Dmitry" == Dmitry A Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:
>
>::: Note that it is *not* a ragged array. All elements are of exactly
>::: *same* size. What is required is:
>
>: No. I am complaining that the universal concept of using the
>: discriminant values as the constraints is not applicable to all
>: types. This irregularity causes abberations all over the language
>: design.
>
>What kind of algorithms do you have in mind that would profit greatly
>from using an array with irregular offsets from one component to the
>next?

You missed the point. The offsets *are* regular. See examples I have
provided.

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Dmitry Kazakov
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