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- From: fjh@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson)
- Subject: Re: Small Language Wanted
- Message-ID: <9224102.1936@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
- Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
- References: <H.3lvmyc56w&A@lionbbs.bs.open.de> <17gsgnINN903@network.ucsd.edu> <9224014.17999@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <1992Aug27.151505.19860@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:28:57 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- mjs@hubcap.clemson.edu (M. J. Saltzman) writes:
-
- >In article <9224014.17999@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus James HENDERSON) writes:
- >>mbk@lyapunov.ucsd.edu (Matt Kennel) writes:
- >>
- >>>UweKloss@lionbbs.bs.open.de ( Uwe Kloss) writes:
- >>>: > In addition, C has nothing equivalent to Fortrans **
- >>>: > operator nor does it have complex types.
- >>
- >>Note however that C++ does have complex types.
- > ^^^^
- >Complex types can be implemented as a class...
-
- The complex type is a standard part of C++.
- Saying that C++ does not have a complex type is like
- saying that C does not have any I/O.
- In my opinion, the fact that it can be implemented using
- the language rather than being a built-in special feature of
- the language is an ADVANTAGE.
-
- Languages like Fortran and Pascal have special primitives for
- I/O that cannot be implemented using the language; rather they
- must be part of the compilation system. Every such feature is
- IHMO evidence of the weakness of such languages.
-
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- Fergus Henderson fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU
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- Fergus Henderson fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU
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