Re: Report on defect in M2 vs C (Was Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++)

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From: Viet-Trung Luu
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 03:26

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On 26 Sep 1995 jthorpe@island.net wrote:

> This is NOT a flame.

(Not taken as a flame... wouldn't have been taken as a flame... :-)

> There is one very significant thing that I like about Modula-2 compared to C.
> One has only to use one languge without having to use the other language 
> comprising a series of asterisks and ampersands.

I agree. I like C, except for the fact that C's designers seemed to have 
a shortage of characters on their keyboards! (Hmmm... @ and $ are 
unused...)

> In the morning I can read my Modula-2 work from the previous day without
> having to switch into the ampersand mode.

You get used to amperstand mode after a while.

- Trung

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