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From: Richard G. Hash <rgh@shell.com>
Subject: Re: real numbers in ADA
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In <3jqnu0$3s9@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> kenner@lab.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) writes:
> I've also read the C standard and find it quite readable.  The major
> problem with it, though, is that it never seems to contains answers to
> any of the questions I consult it for.

For myself, at least, that qualifies it as a "nightmare", right there.

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