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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.