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On Wed, 13 Apr 2022 22:51:01 -0400, "25.BX944" <25BZ494@nada.net>
wrote:

>After fiddling around with ADA for awhile, I have concluded
>that it's Just Not Worth It - too fiddly, TOO obsessed with
>exact types and such. While there are SOME few justifications
>for that, well, it's just pretty much UNUSABLE. If I need to
>use an "old" language, well, FORTRAN is easier to deal with
>and I actually *like* Pascal (I write lots of stuff in
>Lazarus/FPC even today). And, of course, 'C' ...
>
>So, unless you are somehow OBLIGATED, use something,
>anything, but ADA.
>
>Sorry, not what you wanted to hear, but ......
>
>I will now de-subscribe.

you are not a programmer.