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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: How to get Ada to ?cross the chasm??
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"Paul Rubin" <no.email@nospam.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Fwiw I don't see anything in Ada95 Distilled about how to manage weak
> references or adjust refcounts automatically, but maybe GNAT has
> libraries for that.

No wonder you don't understand: Ada 95 had none of the container stuff or 
other features that reduces the memory management burden without using GC. 
At a minimum, you need to consider Ada 2005, but the most recent Ada is 
best.

                  Randy.