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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org>
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On 2004-02-08, MSG <msg1825@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Also, is it possible to corrupt memory in Ada?

"... in Ada, you can never have a buffer overflow error. Unless of
course you go very far out of your way to specifically program one
[...] most Ada programmers would consider going out of your way to
construct an Ada program that had a potential buffer overflow not
as a challenge, but as a kind of pornography." 

      - Robert I. Eachus

> Is it possible to leak memory in Ada?

Sure, if that is what you want to do... I wouldn't advice it though.

Preben
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                 �For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.�