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- From: olle@gustav.unda.fi (Olavi Sakari)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
- Date: 8 Mar 1996 08:40:59 GMT
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- References: <00001a73+00002504@msn.com> <4h5hgj$vpd@tomquartz.niestu.com> <4h7jskINNnph@anvil.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> <dewar.826146475@schonberg> <4hmlca$a30@solutions.solon.com>
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- In article <4hmlca$a30@solutions.solon.com>, seebs@solutions.solon.com (Peter Seebach) writes:
- > In article <dewar.826146475@schonberg>, Robert Dewar <dewar@cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
- > >I guess that means "rarely used in the academic programs that I am fiddling
- > >with". In real life of course, they are a vital, and widely used part of the
- > >language.
- >
- > I have to admit, I've only seen them used in NetHack. No other code I've
- > ever read used bitfields. :)
-
- Hmmm... Then you have never read the *.h files in (Unix) /usr/include/sys
- or /usr/include? :-)
-
- > They'd probably show up a lot more with industrial or embedded systems.
- >
- > -s
- > --
- > Peter Seebach - seebs@solon.com - Copyright 1996 Peter Seebach.
- > C/Unix wizard -- C/Unix questions? Send mail for help. No, really!
- > FUCK the communications decency act. Goddamned government. [literally.]
- > The *other* C FAQ - http://www.solon.com/~seebs/c/c-iaq.html
-
- Olle
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