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Article #463Re: What I'd really like to see in an if-statement...
From: Robert Teisberg
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1989 23:53
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1989 23:53
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In article <545@brazos.Rice.edu> preston@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) writes: >In Pascal, < doesn't associate. You can't write a<b<c. True, you usually can't, but associativity (or lack thereof) is not the reason. In Pascal, the expression parses as: (a<b)<c where (a<b) is an expression with a boolean value. If c is also boolean, this is a legitimate (though weird) expression. If c is not boolean, the compiler should complain of a type clash. >Preston Briggs >preston@titan.rice.edu -- Bob Teisberg @ Tandem Computers, Inc. | ...!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!halley!rrt 14231 Tandem Blvd. | soon to be rrt@mpd.tandem.com Austin, Texas 78728 | (512) 244-8119 Any resemblance to the opinions of a real person or corporation is concidental.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!texbell!sequoia!execu!cs.utexas.edu!halley!rrt From: rrt@halley.UUCP (Robert Teisberg) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: What I'd really like to see in an if-statement... Message-ID: <561@halley.UUCP> Date: 11 Aug 89 23:53:00 GMT References: <8577@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <14251@haddock.ima.isc.com> <516@brazos.Rice.edu> <8606@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <545@brazos.Rice.edu> Reply-To: rrt@halley.UUCP (Robert Teisberg) Organization: Tandem Computers, Austin, TX Lines: 21