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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Apex 3.0.0b can't handle dynamic positional agregates?
Date: 1999/10/12
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Date: 1999-10-12T00:00:00+00:00
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"Dr. Joachim Schr�er" <joachim.schroeer@vs.dasa.de> writes:

> To be serious: By sovereignly ignoring language standards, Rational seems to
> intentionally bring some C++ habits to the Ada world.

That's not fair.  In Ada 83, there *was* no standard way to do unsigned
integers, so it's not surprising that Rational invented one.  Now, of
course, they have to keep supporting it, for upward compatibility.

- Bob
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