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Article #2589Re: Complexity of syntax
From: Dan Bernstein
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 1991 06:12
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 1991 06:12
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In article <1991Jan5.044445.15116@agate.berkeley.edu> jwl@garnet.berkeley.edu (James Wilbur Lewis) writes: > In article <11883:Jan502:21:0191@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes: > - [ syntax versus semantics ] > -> For > -> example, is the restriction that you can't declare the same identifier > -> twice in the same declaration syntactic or semantic? > -Syntax. It has no effect on semantics. > Gee, all the C grammars I've seen allow the same identifier to be declared > any number of times. Who said he was referring specifically to C? ---Dan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!bu.edu!att!rutgers!cmcl2!kramden.acf.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Complexity of syntax Message-ID: <13857:Jan506:12:5891@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Date: 5 Jan 91 06:12:58 GMT References: <1991Jan4.152846.15917@maths.nott.ac.uk> <11883:Jan502:21:0191@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <1991Jan5.044445.15116@agate.berkeley.edu> Organization: IR Lines: 13