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Article #11868Re: new instructions
From: herrickd
Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 17:57
Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 17:57
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In article <12526@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes: [Herman supplies some of the specifics people have been asking for] > There are provisions for octal and hex > integers [in c], I thought so too, and one day I tried to write an integer constant in octal. The compiler said, "Nuts to you!" It took some hours, but I finally convinced myself that the compiler manual and then Kernigan and Ritchie provide octal notation for CHARACTERS. Nothing else! I thought it was a major design flaw and was no accident. dan herrick herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!abvax!iccgcc!herrickd From: herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: new instructions Message-ID: <4711.2843a523@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> Date: 29 May 91 17:57:06 GMT References: <9105200213.AA05095@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <12526@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Lines: 14