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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: why Ada type casting is different from other languages?
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Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 23:26:16 -0700
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On 07/12/2014 06:55 PM, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
>
> Just wondering on this choice and its advantage over the more
> common syntax.

For the same reason Ada has type conversions, not type casts. "Type conversion" 
is clear; "type cast" must be explained if you haven't encountered it before. 
Ada's notation is clear; conversions involve some processing and so are like 
functions. C's unintuitive notation must be explained when 1st encountered.

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