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Article #255Re: Types, arrays, generality, and notation (was: Fortran90 and Arrays)
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 15:40
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 15:40
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In article <1992Apr15.201453.10255@newshost.lanl.gov> jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
> Now we _really_ disagree. I think that the `one size fits all' language
> is impossible with the present technology and probably always will be.
> High-level languages _must_ decide on a target user group and design
> for that problem domain or they will not be high-level.
I definitely agree with this.
I would also like to apologise for abusing the ANSI C standard. You're
quite right... type-punning is not legal in ANSI C programs. I'm surprised
that they didn't make that "implementation defined" rather than "undefined".
I don't think trying to turn C into a high level language is necessarily
a desirable goal. See point 1.
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Types, arrays, generality, and notation (was: Fortran90 and Arrays) Message-ID: <id.SGZO.2H7@ferranti.com> Sender: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC References: <ROCKWELL.92Mar21001252@socrates.umd.edu> <STEPHEN.92Apr14171919@estragon.uchicago.edu> <1992Apr15.201453.10255@newshost.lanl.gov> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 15:40:24 GMT Lines: 18