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- From: UweKloss@lionbbs.bs.open.de ( Uwe Kloss )
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
- Message-ID: <H.3lvmyc56w&A@lionbbs.bs.open.de>
- Organization: The Lion Town BBS, Brunswik, Germany
- Subject: Re: Small Language Wanted
- References: <DAVIS.92Aug23010605@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu>
- Reply-To: UweKloss@lionbbs.bs.open.de
- X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.00 Rev. Jan 16 1992
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 22:18:06 MET
- Lines: 44
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- In <DAVIS.92Aug23010605@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu>, "John E. Davis" writes:
-
- > (Old K&R C might take something like
- > `x = (a * b) / c' and rearrange it as `x = a * (b / c)' which could be deadly
- > for many algorithms).
- If you find a compiler (K&R) who does this, trash it and blame
- it on the implementor!
- This is definitely wrong behaviour, even for K&R!
-
-
- > In addition, C has nothing equivalent to Fortrans **
- > operator nor does it have complex types.
- The differeces between code the compiler generates and
- the one that is linked as a library or inserted by the
- preprocessor.
-
-
- > And arrays, C has no true array type
- > like Fortran does (One must use pointers to pointers ... to pointers).
- Did you ever try: int a[12][34];
- And : a[x][y] = somewhat;
-
-
- > Yes Fortran is still superior to C for what it is intended to do:
- > Numerical Work.
- This is mainly because, as you said, there's much 'canned solutions'.
-
-
- > Anyone who ``regularly lambast physicists for using "old" languages like
- > Fortran'' is a little ignorant in my view.
- Let's say that's not very polite! ;-)
- By the way, what does 'lambast' really mean?
- I can guess it from the text, but never came across it yet.
-
- Uwe
- --
- Eliminiere das Unmoegliche. Was immer uebrig bleibt, so
- unwahrscheinlich es auch wirkt, muss die Wahrheit sein.
- Aber was ist, wenn einmal NICHTS mehr uebrig bleibt?
- (nach: John Brunner - Mehr Dinge zwischen Himmel und Erde)
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