Re: The trouble with pointers.

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From: Mike Meyer
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 10:30

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In article <1992Oct28.160756.20908@schbbs.mot.com> sdunbar@mailbox.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com  (Steven T. Dunbar) writes:

   writes:
   > In article <199210271050.AA08841@cnam.cnam.fr> eronald@CNAM.CNAM.FR (Edmund  
   Ronald) writes:
   > 
   > >   Path:  
   ads.com!ames!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-stat 
   e.edu!ucbvax!CNAM.CNAM.FR!eronald
   > >   From: eronald@CNAM.CNAM.FR (Edmund Ronald)
   > >   Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
   > >   Date: 27 Oct 92 10:50:07 GMT
   > >   Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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   > >
   [stuff about pointers]

   > >   And I'll gladly welcome any language feature that will deal with them
   > >   automatically.
   > 
   > That has been solved more than 20 years ago. It is called "Lisp".
   > 

Or AlgolW or Algol68 or ...

   OH PLEEEEEAAAAASE.  Sure LISP will manage all your memory and garbage
   for you, but it has overhead

Everything has overhead. The question is, is the overhead worth what
it buys you. Getting rid of C's decleration and pointer syntax is
worth a pretty hefty overhead as far as I'm concerned.

	<mike

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From: mwm@bugtussle.mpk.ca.us (Mike Meyer)
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Subject: Re: The trouble with pointers.
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