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Article #11371Re: Hardware Support for Numeric Algorithms
From: Eric Hamilton
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:25
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:25
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In article <1992Nov17.203633.23955@sei.cmu.edu>, firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) writes: |> list all the problems! What I'd like to add, though, is the comment |> that, in most of the situations where C got it wrong, its predecessor, |> BCPL, got it right... |> Demonstrating, once again, that ornamentation is dangerous. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Hamilton +1 919 248 6172 Data General Corporation hamilton@dg-rtp.rtp.dg.com 62 Alexander Drive ...!mcnc!rti!xyzzy!hamilton Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Newsgroups: comp.arch Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!sarah!cook!psinntp!psinntp!dg-rtp!robin!hamilton From: hamilton@robin.rtp.dg.com (Eric Hamilton) Subject: Re: Hardware Support for Numeric Algorithms Message-ID: <1992Nov19.142540.24877@dg-rtp.dg.com> Sender: hamilton@robin (Eric Hamilton) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 14:25:40 GMT References: <id.6S0V.FKH@ferranti.com> <Bxv2t2.4FH@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Nov17.191938.16161@newshost.lanl.gov> <1992Nov17.203633.23955@sei.cmu.edu> Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 14