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Article #893Re: Arrays in languages (was: Anyone want to design a language?)
From: Bert Bos
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 1990 16:05
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 1990 16:05
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In article <9230@wpi.wpi.edu> jhallen@wpi.wpi.edu (Joseph H Allen) writes: >(the nicest array language I've ever used was a version of BASIC which didn't >have a DIM statement but which handled arrays of arbitrary dimension and size. >I.E., you could just say 'A(1,5,10)=7' and it would allocate the array for >you. You could then say 'A(1,5,10,8)=9' and it would make the element >A(1,5,10) contain a sub-array... Is there any other language with this power? Awk can do this too (and more...)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!gufalet!bert From: bert@gufalet.UUCP (Bert Bos) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Arrays in languages (was: Anyone want to design a language?) Message-ID: <797@gufalet.UUCP> Date: 19 Mar 90 16:05:37 GMT References: <3528@tukki.jyu.fi> <14251@lambda.UUCP> <8836@boring.cwi.nl> <14255@lambda.UUCP> <8849@boring.cwi.nl> <9230@wpi.wpi.edu> Organization: Faculty of Arts, Groningen, The Netherlands Lines: 8