Right. The `use' clause simply means you don't have to include the name of the unit where `Put_Line' is defined, but you can do so if you wish to.

Ada includes some other mechanisms to reduce program wordiness. For example, you can "rename" packages so you can use shorter names.

Package "Ada.Text_IO" is used very often, so Ada predefines "Text_IO" as a shorter name for "Ada.Text_IO".

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