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- From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
- Subject: Re: Hardware Support for Numeric Algorithms
- Message-ID: <id.GT2V.7OE@ferranti.com>
- Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
- References: <Bxpoy9.GD6@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <id.6S0V.FKH@ferranti.com> <Bxv2t2.4FH@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:03:12 GMT
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- In article <Bxv2t2.4FH@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
- > In article <id.6S0V.FKH@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
- > >So you're making the claim that computer language syntax was deliberately
- > >introduced to obfuscate or conflict with another field? Is that really
- > >what you mean here, or am I putting words in your mouth?
-
- > I have given examples. Some have even introduced conflicts with previous
- > notation in the computer field. A brief repetition of some of them is in
- > order.
-
- > The use of | for or. [...]
- > The use of ^ for exclusive or. [...]
- > The obfuscation created by using * for indirection, [...]
- > Similarly for ++ and --. Also, using & for "address of", [...]
-
- And these were *deliberately introduced to conflict with standard notation*?
-
- > But for a language designer with large backing
- > not to check on this is in the nature of criminal negligeance, at least.
-
- These were not introduced by a "language designer with large backing".
-
- C was practically a bootleg project.
-
- Personally, I think that making indirection a prefix operator was a bigger
- mistake than any of these.
- --
- Peter da Silva / 77487-5012 USA / +1 713 274 5180
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