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- From: marti@nugget.inf.ethz.ch (Robert Marti)
- Subject: re: C to Modula2 converter?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.081026.25261@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>
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- Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 08:10:26 GMT
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- In article <36762.2B50C7C3@puddle.fidonet.org>,
- Robert.Barton@p0.f6.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Robert Barton) writes:
- |> A C to Modula-2 converter is not possible, since Modula-2 does
- |> not support set complement, structured constants, or null
- |> procedure variables.
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- Not possible is a bit strongly worded, considering that I can think
- of solutions to all three problems.
-
- However, much as I like Modula-2, I can't quite see why one would
- want a C to Modula-2 converter. (Flames to /dev/null, please.)
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