Re: Are there noticable differences in Ada acceptance by country?

gpriv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 writes:

> I think strong typing should not be dismissed.  Unfortunately Java-
> based (and C/C++/C#) courses don't explain to students that X and Y
> coordinates being fundamentally integer (or float) types are not the
> same thing.

I always disliked an X binding which had (sub)types for X, Y
coordinates. Wrong level of abstraction, I thought: use something like

   type Position is record
      X : Float;
      Y : Float;
   end record;

and you get a _lot_ less scope for confusion.

--S