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In message <nospam-56631F.11225601062011@news.aioe.org>, John B. Matthews 
wrote:

> Moreover, any particular implementation can be defective.

GNAT seems quite good.

> In the present case, your Ada example was insightful; but without
> further elucidation, it may be seen as malapropos.

What sort of elucidation?