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From: Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: who needs types? Types makes code ugly.
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Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> writes:

> On Fri, 03 Jun 2022 01:02:27 +0100, Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> declaimed
> the following:
>>
>>I don't know much about Ada newer than about 1990.  I'll take a look...
>
> 	My condolences

Thank, but I'm fine.  Knowing was not intended to imply forced to use.

> -- taken literally, that means you are working with
> Ada-83 (ANSI/Mil-Std 1815A -- later ISO-8652:1987). The first significant
> update was Ada-95 (and Air Force funded original GNAT).

That was the only Ada I knew, though I knew about the updates of
course.  Couldn't find any reference to type inference though.  Is there
a good place to go for a "summary of changes" between standards?

-- 
Ben.