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Subject: Re: Why is Ada considered "too specialized" for scientific use
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:56:06 +0200
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Le Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:35:39 +0200, robin <robin51@dodo.com.au> a =E9cri=
t:
> It's behaves like a conventional disc in a disc drive.
> Only instead of a set of platters bolted together and rotating
> on the spindle formed from the bolt,
> it's a cylinder rotating around its axis.
>
> In the case of the disc drive, the surfaces of the platters are
> coated with film capable of being magnetised.
>
> In the case of the drum, the outside surface is coated with the magnet=
ic  =

> film.
OK, I see, a kind of Jurassic mass storage device (seems there was funny=
  =

things in these times.. still clever for that time technology,  I confes=
s  =

with due respect).


-- =

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.