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"Darren New" <dnew@san.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> I think there would be more problematic constructs, tho, like static
> variables (inside and/or outside of functions), pointers cast to different
> types, and so on.

Not really that difficult.  Static variables can be handled by nesting
packages... it isn't pretty, but you can get there.  As for pointer casts,
you'd be amazed at the stuff you can do with unchecked conversion and
Interfaces.C.

You'd wind up with really crappy Ada code, just like the original ...
Ooops! Don't want to start a language war.

SteveD

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