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Article #2581Re: Report on defect in M2 vs C (Was Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++)
From: Paul Tomblin
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 18:22
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 18:22
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In a previous article, Theodore Dennison <dennison@escmail.orl.mmc.com> said: >Pretty good. But I have a friendly warning: Be careful posting >bits of sarcasm like this without some kind of "sarcasm warning". >Most folks will catch it, but that 10% that don't will touch off a >humongous flame-war. I'm amazed at how many people who probably consider themselves intelligent responded to Jay's post as if it was serious. Sheesh! Furrfu! > > C Ada >Change value of a numeric literal 10 0 That's a function of the OS. If you can do that, get a better OS. I won't get into any arguments about whether a programming language should make up for the deficiencies of the OS. >Crash other machines on network with simple >"off by 1" looping error 10 0 Ditto. Get a better set of networking tools, too. -- Paul Tomblin, Contract Programmer. I don't speak for Kodak, they don't speak for me. (Email that is not work related should go to: ptomblin@canoe.com) "You are in a twisty maze of Motif Widget resources, all inconsistent."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!apollo.ekfido.kodak.com!not-for-mail From: tomblin@ekfido.kodak.com (Paul Tomblin) 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: 3 Oct 1995 14:22:54 -0400 Organization: Tomblin Computer Consulting, Rochester, New York and Ottawa, Ontario Message-ID: <44rv1u$dfk@apollo.ekfido.kodak.com> References: <438nkr$bd@classic.eng.octel.com> <nelsoni.812298479@rintintin.Colorado.EDU> <44epau$qof@saba.info.ucla.edu> <44hcri$rsm@theopolis.orl.mmc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: apollo.ekfido.kodak.com