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From: kevin.cline@gmail.com (Kevin Cline)
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Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request
Date: 27 Aug 2004 10:29:33 -0700
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Wes Groleau <groleau+news@freeshell.org> wrote in message news:<dZqdnehSibTGWLPcRVn-uw@gbronline.com>...
> Kevin Cline wrote:
> > Somehow I've never understood the point of making limited types a
> > special case.  Why not consider assignment as just another operation a
> > type can support, or not, just like addition or ordered comparison?  I
> > think this is one of the fundamental errors in the Ada design --
> > certain operations are somehow "more equal" than others, and
> > redefining them requires special syntax.
> 
> I don't think it's an _error_.  What other language at
> that time could redefine an assignment operator?

Which time are we talking about, 1983 or 1995?