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Article #1893Re: Re^8: Some things that pointer-less languages can't do efficiently
From: Greg Lindahl
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 1990 21:30
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 1990 21:30
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In article <423@data.UUCP> kend@data.UUCP (Ken Dickey) writes: >What is wrong with using the standard definition of pointer? Pointers are implemented in languages in ways that are easy or hard to optimize. If you think there's one definition that fits all pointer implementations, then it's a definition which is totally useless to someone talking about optimization. A definition that tells you a lot about optimization might not tell you much about other properties. And so on. Just because a textbook gives an overly-general answer to a subtle question doesn't mean that's the correct answer.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!mcnc!uvaarpa!murdoch!astsun8.astro.Virginia.EDU!gl8f From: gl8f@astsun8.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Re^8: Some things that pointer-less languages can't do efficiently Message-ID: <1990Nov1.213019.14842@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Date: 1 Nov 90 21:30:19 GMT References: <422@data.UUCP> <35S67X@xds13.ferranti.com> <423@data.UUCP> Sender: news@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia Lines: 13