Re: The trouble with pointers.

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From: tpascal C. Regis Wilson
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 18:51

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In article <1992Oct28.043124.24841@ads.com> bvrotney@ADS.COM (Bill Vrotney)  
writes:
> In article <199210271050.AA08841@cnam.cnam.fr> eronald@CNAM.CNAM.FR (Edmund  
Ronald) writes:
> 
> >   As Hoare once said: The pointer represents the greatest backwards step
> >   taken in computer science. 
> 
> That has been solved more than 20 years ago. It is called "Lisp".
> 
Oh, yeah, what a *great* language.  Why don't we all program in "Lisp"?
Fortran is good, too.  (It uses less pointers)
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