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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: newbie, Spark 2014 or Ada 2012
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 14:50:46 -0500
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"Paul Rubin" <no.email@nospam.invalid> wrote in message 
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> "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:
>> One could argue that if the use of a separate tool is needed to make
>> the use of a language sensible, there's something wrong with the
>> language design.  (After all, why isn't that tool part of the
>> compiler?)
>
> You could say the same thing about SPARK.

I would! I'm not at all a fan of SPARK. It solves a problem in a way that is 
only useful for an elite few. I want to solve problems for all programmers 
(at least those that are willing to use Ada!).

                                           Randy.