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Article #2567Re: Look ... [or: one, two, three, many]
From: Dan Bernstein
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 1991 22:21
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 1991 22:21
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In article <40569@nigel.ee.udel.edu> new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New) writes: > In article <19717:Jan220:38:5491@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes: > >> Anonymous voice says: > >> FORTRAN is a subset of C. > >This statement refers to much more than language power. In particular, C > >cannot deal with certain features of Fortran syntax. Therefore Fortran > >is not a subset of C. Why are you being facetious? > Well, if you write a FORTRAN interpreter in C, I don't see how you can > say that FORTRAN is not a subset of C. Gee. I wrote a Forth interpreter in 8088 assembler. Does that make Forth a subset of 8088 assembler? > Precisely which "features of > Fortran syntax" is C incapable of handling? A parser for C cannot parse Fortran's spacing conventions. Finis. ---Dan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!purdue!haven!adm!cmcl2!kramden.acf.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Look ... [or: one, two, three, many] Message-ID: <3340:Jan322:21:4791@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Date: 3 Jan 91 22:21:47 GMT References: <1990Dec29.110202.3862@mathrt0.math.chalmers.se> <19717:Jan220:38:5491@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <40569@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Organization: IR Lines: 19