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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: the Ada mandate,
 and why it collapsed and died (was): 64 bit addressing and OOP
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Wesley Groleau <wesgroleau@despammed.com> writes:

> > I'm thinking particularly of slices as L-values.  Do you ever use that?
> 
> I did that a lot in Ada days, too.

An example, please?

- Bob