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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Constraint error?
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Ted Dennison<dennison@telepath.com> writes:

> Ada's string handling is actually much *more* powerful and convienent
> than C's in most cases, ...

That's sort of like saying that if you want a nice steak dinner, a
"Whopper with Cheese" is better than a "Big Mac".  ;-)

I don't disagree with any of your advice.  But I couldn't resist pointer
out that string handling is a pain in Ada as well.

- Bob