Re: Modula2 for C programmers?

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From: Pat Terry
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 07:50

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In article <4eh3hp$18d@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au> peter@fourier.newcastle.edu.au (Peter Moylan) writes:

>A better solution is to define two distinct operations called
>(for example) CAST and VAL.  This is what is done in the
>ISO standard, and we'll get cleaner code if future programmers
>use that feature.  Regrettably the ISO standard also includes
>the original "type transfer function" mechanism for the sake
>of backward compatibility, so there's no way of stopping
>programmers from using this nasty feature.

I think that is incorrect.  So far as I recall, they were dropped out of the 
ISO proposal completely.

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Subject: Re: Modula2 for C programmers?
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 07:50:42 GMT
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