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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: Press Release - Ada 2012 Language Standard Approved by ISO
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dirk@vana.cs.kuleuven.be. (Dirk Craeynest) writes:

> Ada 2012 brings significant enhancements to Ada, most notably in the
> area of "contract-based programming."  New features here include the
> ability to specify preconditions and postconditions for subprograms,
> and invariants for private (encapsulated) types.

Why does everybody neglect predicates, which are more important
than pre/post/invariant?

- Bob