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Article #5722Re: Reserved identifiers, was Re: Thoughts on moving towards ANSI
From: David Collier-Brown
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1989 01:47
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1989 01:47
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> In article <3669@geaclib.UUCP>, daveb@geaclib.UUCP (David Collier-Brown) writes... >> At some point the compiler-writers are going to have to start >>thinking about known (often partial) solutions to the namespace >>pollution problems of simple languages like C. (and PL/1, lest >>anyone think I'm being snarky with the use of "simple"). >> Several of these are >> ... >> 4) controlled vocabulary >> a) the following 5280 words are reserved... From article <50499@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>, by leichter@cs.yale.edu (Jerry Leichter): > PL/I has its share of problems, but one it has NEVER had is namespace pollu- > tion. There are NO reserved words in PL/I! Agreed wholeheartedly! I should probably add 4b) No reserved words and suggest its achievement by selective initiation, as done in Multics Pl/1 (which, on reflection, sounds like a sufficent tool when used with a binder to achieve our main end...) --dave (I occasionally describe C as PL/1 after a very harsh editor said "Too many words! Take some out.") c-b -- David Collier-Brown. | yunexus!lethe!dave Interleaf Canada Inc. | 1550 Enterprise Rd. | He's so smart he's dumb. Mississauga, Ontario | --Joyce C-B
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!yunexus!geac!geaclib!daveb From: daveb@geaclib.UUCP (David Collier-Brown) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: Reserved identifiers, was Re: Thoughts on moving towards ANSI Message-ID: <3683@geaclib.UUCP> Date: 15 Feb 89 01:47:27 GMT Article-I.D.: geaclib.3683 References: <50499@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Organization: GEAC Computers, Toronto, CANADA Lines: 30