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From: wbralick@icc.afit.arpa (William A. Bralick Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Modula-2 ? No thanks !
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Date: 12 Sep 88 14:46:20 GMT
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In article <1826@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk> rkl@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk writes:
>In article <3403@crash.cts.com>, haitex@pnet01.cts.com (Wade Bickel) writes:
>>>

[conserving bandwidth]

>has the + operator to concatenate two strings together - I know, this seems
>trivial but it is a good test as to whether a compiler of any language is
>worth using... For a start it rules out : any variety of C, most (crummy)
>Pascals, Modula-2, Fortran (strings ? hah !), even VAX ADA !

Ada (which is *not* an acronym (ADA stands for Air Defense Artillery)) can
most certainly do what you ask.  Merely define the function "+" using the
(native) "&" function (defined in package Standard), and there you are.
Although I don't see what's wrong with using the standard "&" for string 
concatenation, I guess there is no accounting for taste ...

Will