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Subject: Re: Community Input for the Maintenance and Revision of the Ada
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On 13.09.17 09:30, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On 12/09/2017 23:04, G.B. wrote:
>
>>     X := new Message' ("Help me");
>>     Y := new Messagio'("Aiuta me");
>>
>>     --  entering Little Italy:
>>
>>     X := Y;
>
> Shudder.
>
>> So, if you want to perpetuate the hazards of strings, ask the ARG
>> for a ready made storage pool for strings.
>
> What is so specific about string storage pool?

The fact that the pool will be there, doing its work without
being noticed, to please those customers who don't like thinking
about string handling and associated storage management.

Also, IF a teacher feels inclined to teach programming using
strings, she won't have to first teach all the things that
are necessary to develop a deeper understanding of what
a string actually is.