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Subject: Re: Why are Ada compilers difficult to write ?
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On 25/06/2018 07:48, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2018-06-22, Lucretia <laguest9000@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On Friday, 22 June 2018 18:10:35 UTC+1, Simon Clubley  wrote:
>>> On 2018-06-22, Lucretia <> wrote:
>>>> On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 18:55:02 UTC+1, Dan'l Miller  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> * A section of the Ada _LRM_ standard commonly called the "heart of darkness" which supposedly only a handful of people on the planet grok
>>>>
>>>> Which section is this in the manual? It should be titled that :)
>>>
>>> 3.10.2 (according to Randy)
>>
>> Thanks, but I found it in the index, it's actually labelled as that ;)
>>   
> 
> Is that the AARM ?

Yes:

"3.b/3 Subclause 3.10.2, home of the accessibility rules, is informally 
known as the “Heart of Darkness” amongst the maintainers of Ada. Woe unto 
all who enter here (well, at least unto anyone that needs to understand 
any of these rules)."

> 
> It's not in the Ada 95 paper LRM I have or a PDF copy of the Ada 2012 LRM.
> 
> Simon.
>