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Article #3042Re: Algol68
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1991 18:10
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1991 18:10
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In article <1991Mar22.153944.1096@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) writes: > For a VERY simple reason: Real Programmers (TM) are not masochists > and seldom are Real Typists (TM) and simply HATE to type for the > most common construct in any program the loathsome, redundant, > hard to type, piece of shit: > := Funny, that's one of the two syntactical changes I'd love to make to C. The other is to change pointer indirection to a postfix operator. These two features are responsible for the vast majority of coding errors in C. Wouldn't you prefer: void signal()^(); To: void (*signal())(); ????? -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.arch Subject: Re: Algol68 Message-ID: <7E6A5R9@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 22 Mar 91 18:10:21 GMT References: <1991Mar22.013748.4944@ico.isc.com> <3787@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU> <chl.668272227@m1> <9168@castle.ed.ac.uk> <1991Mar22.153944.1096@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 23