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Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request
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Pascal Obry wrote:
> That's wrong ! You are using a class/library. We are speaking of the
> language here !

std::string is part of C++. You said "working with strings in C/C++ is
a nightmare...Look at some real world C/C++ code handling strings". I
demonstrated that your standard Ada code translates directly into standard
C++ code. Now that you see this, you are trying to manipulate your original
statements so as to avoid the uncomfortable truth.