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Article #3845Re: Pointers
From: Stephen J Bevan
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 16:39
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 16:39
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In article <Bxq1C2.1CC@fiu.edu> feathers@serss0 (Michael Feathers) writes: [ nearly all the article because I essentially agree with it ] Ada, Eiffel, El(Alpha), and Turing are all great for their application domains but I think that they are subsets of C and C++'s application domains. If the implication is that C and C++ are the lowest common denominator amongst the above, then the statement is obviously true (though I'd argue about El(Alpha)). However, (almost) by implication this also means there is something "better" than the lowest common denominator for the required task. If all you have is a hammer ...? bevan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!decwrl!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!mucs!m1!bevan From: bevan@cs.man.ac.uk (Stephen J Bevan) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Pointers Message-ID: <BEVAN.92Nov16163936@beluga.cs.man.ac.uk> Date: 16 Nov 92 16:39:36 GMT References: <1992Nov7.115620.29967@syacus.acus.oz.au> <1992Nov10.024021.8724@linus.mitre.org> <BEVAN.92Nov11191720@beluga.cs.man.ac.uk> <Bxq1C2.1CC@fiu.edu> Sender: news@cs.man.ac.uk Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester Lines: 14 In-reply-to: feathers@serss0's message of 14 Nov 92 19:40:49 GMT