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Article #1191Re: Pointers as 3-tuples
From: brnstnd
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 1990 01:07
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 1990 01:07
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In article <14309@lambda.UUCP> jlg@lambda.UUCP (Jim Giles) writes: [ about the dimensions of an array ] > As for "known at compile time" - well, N and M aren't if they were > passed as parameters. Oh, but that's illegal in C too. I've never > heard a rational reason for it to be illegal, but that's how things > go. Efficiency and simplicity, as is obvious from the machine language. I and many others agree that variable dimensions are useful enough to offset the angst they cause the compiler. That's why some available compilers, and probably future standards, support them. In the meantime you'll just have to settle for manual indexing. ---Dan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cica!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!yale!cmcl2!stealth.acf.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Pointers as 3-tuples Message-ID: <6706:Apr1101:07:0290@stealth.acf.nyu.edu> Date: 11 Apr 90 01:07:02 GMT References: <5.Q2H42xds13@ficc.uu.net> <14309@lambda.UUCP> Reply-To: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) Distribution: usa Organization: IR Lines: 15 X-Original-Subject: Re: JLG's flogging of horses