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- From: fletcher@netcom.com (F. Sullivan Segal)
- Subject: Re: How should I learn C?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.002116.21316@netcom.com>
- Organization: bottom up!
- References: <rlcarr.09er@animato.network23.com> <1992Dec29.162949.4283@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 00:21:16 GMT
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- >
- >Most of these extensions are those introduced in Modula-2: a generic
- >parameter type, type transfer functions, open-ended arrays, etc. The
- >advantage being that you get a cleaner syntax (I much prefer pointer
- >indirection as a postfix operator, for one). Again, this is less portable,
- >especially when it comes to standard library functions (which Pascal
- >provides very few of).
- >
- I was under the impression that Modula-2 enforced single type functions.
- Either way, being limited to a fixed number of arguments is still a
- major drawback. (The only problem with 'writeln' is that it is both
- useless in the form that it is provided, and you can't write a replacement.
- By simply removing 'writeln' Modula-2 doesn't really address the problem.)
-
- In any case, for advanced programming features, C to C++ is an easier
- step than anything else I can think of.
-
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- -F. Sullivan Segal
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