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Article #1142Re: JLG's flogging of horses (was Re: Relationship between C and C++)
From: Ozan Yigit
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 1990 21:25
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 1990 21:25
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In article <14307@lambda.UUCP> jlg@lambda.UUCP (Jim Giles) writes: >I can't see that the model described is particularly appropriate for array >calculations. What you can or cannot see is of no interest, nor relevant to this discussion. [1] >So, you are allowing the characteristics of some particularly poor >implementations to dictate your language design. Read The Fine Standard instead of speculating on the design described therein. >The _other_ problem here, of course, is that sophisticated users >often don't care (at least, not at the time) about portability. You are wrong. >I can see that it has a subset of a property that might be useful, ie. >allowing pointers to point anywhere. I don't find it particularly >attractive as it is. See [1]. oz -- The king: If there's no meaning Interned: oz@nexus.yorku.ca in it, that saves a world of trouble ......!uunet!utai!yunexus!oz you know, as we needn't try to find any. Bitnet: oz@[yulibra|yuyetti] Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland) Phonet: +1 416 736-5257x33976
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!oz From: oz@yunexus.UUCP (Ozan Yigit) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: JLG's flogging of horses (was Re: Relationship between C and C++) Message-ID: <9765@yunexus.UUCP> Date: 7 Apr 90 21:25:38 GMT References: <16400@haddock.ima.isc.com> <14307@lambda.UUCP> Reply-To: oz@yunexus.UUCP (Ozan Yigit) Organization: York U. Communications Research & Development Lines: 32