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Subject: Re: Ada requires too much typing!
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 08:47:24 +0200
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Le Fri, 28 May 2010 07:25:15 +0200, Luis Espinal <Luis_member@newsguy.co=
m>  =

a =C3=A9crit:
> the
> boiler plate required for checked exceptions (which no other language
> has),
> [...]
> lack of operator overloading and checked exceptions were
What is this about =E2=80=9Cchecked=E2=80=9D exceptions ? (a non-Java gu=
ru talking).

> lack of "elvis" operators, and
Elvis ? Does it mean the same as with the good-old Borland Turbo-Pascal =
?

--
There is even better than a pragma Assert: a SPARK --# check.
--# check C and WhoKnowWhat and YouKnowWho;
--# assert Ada;
--  i.e. forget about previous premises which leads to conclusion
--  and start with new conclusion as premise.