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From: "Andy Glew" <glew@cs.wisc.edu>
Subject: Re: Ada
Date: 2000/01/15
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> BTW: I don't see how this could be perceived as a handicap to Ada. It
> provides a facility most other languages do not, yet if your application
> has no need of it, there is no real penalty. How do you see it as a
> barrier to using Ada?

(1) It was a barrier to ports.

(2) A long as there is absolutely no real penalty.