Re: More about BASIC vs. Pascal vs. C (the flame war continues !)

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1 total messages Started by Pete Goodwin Tue, 19 Feb 1991 19:30

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Author: Pete Goodwin
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 1991 19:30

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In article <1991Feb15.131220.7801@vax1.tcd.ie>, hughesmp@vax1.tcd.ie writes...
>Just out of interest, is there an equivalent of the BASIC 'DATA', 'READ',
>and 'RESTORE' constructs in C, PASCAL, or MODULA2? I would have thought
>there _might_ have been a problem with something like that in a compiled
>language, but haven't heard of any BASIC compilers not coping with it, so
>presume it isn't.
> 
>It is very useful for storing data in your program, yet as far as I know,
>such a facility is not available in C, and PASCAL, and these other languages
>with their complex data structures, and what not?

C certainly does. As in:

	struct temp {
		int x, y, z;
		};

	struct temp[] = { { 1, 2, 3}, {3, 2, 1} };

It goes a lot further, with clarity, than BASIC's DATA statements.

As for PASCAL and MODULA2, I wish they did!

	Pete

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