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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: How do I write directly to a memory address?
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On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:19:33 +0100, Pascal Obry wrote:

> I've 
> been there and this is overly complex, not because Ada but because 
> issues I have descibed (quoting, slash/backslash) and this because all 
> this is *untyped* programming.

BTW, my major objection to the design of Ada.Directories is that path and
file name were made "untyped" Strings. That is not Ada!

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