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

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From: Neil Tungate
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 12:18

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Viet-Trung Luu <vluu@lagrange.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

>Well, I can't admit that I know the Modula languages all too well, I 
>still prefer C's syntax. That's not to say that C is perfect -- it's far 
>from that. It's inconsistent in many places, and its operator precedence 
>leaves *a lot* to be desired (note how C programmers use parentheses 
>defensively...).

Is it really such a bad thing to use lots of parentheses? It certainly
helps _me_ to follow complex expressions more easily, without having
to think about the rules of precedence.

-- 
Neil
http://uptown.turnpike.net/~skipper/

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From: neil@skipper.demon.co.uk (Neil Tungate)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2,comp.lang.modula3,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Report on defect in M2 vs C (Was Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++)
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 12:18:47 GMT
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