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Article #2526Re: Complexity of syntax
From: David H. Thornley
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 1990 19:33
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 1990 19:33
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In article <20@garth.UUCP> smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan) writes: >>How many languages support arrays of pointers to functions returning >>pointers to functions that return pointers to integers? If you limit >>yourself to data structures that would work in FORTRAN or Pascal, you >>have no need for such programs. > >[Listing several neat things to do with Algol 68 declarations] > >I suppose if you limit yourself to data structures that would work in C, >you have no need for such programs using (2). > Actually, my comment was in reference to the existence of cdecl to help declare data structures. Is there an algol68decl program? :-) DHT
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!thornley From: thornley@cs.umn.edu (David H. Thornley) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Complexity of syntax Message-ID: <1990Dec20.193352.25744@cs.umn.edu> Date: 20 Dec 90 19:33:52 GMT References: <9012061208.AA08577@decpa.pa.dec.com> <1990Dec9.013923.14456@cs.umn.edu> <20@garth.UUCP> Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis - CSCI Dept. Lines: 18