Re: Modula2 for C programmers?

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From: "Mark Morgan Lloyd "
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 16:12

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The use of untagged variants is actually quite slow, since most of the 
work is done at runtime. A type transfer _should_ be just a hint to the 
compiler and as such should generate no code, whilst a VAL() or ORD() may 
involve a small amount of computation (typically inc or dec) if 
converting between enumerations.

Mark Morgan Lloyd
mark_tbu@cix.compulink.co.uk

[Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or 
colleagues]

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