smryan@garth.UUCP (s m ryan) (05/04/89)
>> The choice of the 2-token sequence `/*' for starting a comment, >> was a mistake: >> >> printf("%d\n", *a/*b); >> ^^^^^ >> vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv >> "If it isn't aesthetically pleasing, |Maarten Litmaath @ VU Amsterdam: >> it's probably wrong." (jim@bilpin). |maart@cs.vu.nl, mcvax!botter!maart > >Your own signature easily addresses the point. Since it is aesthetically >unpleasing to cram the three tokens together (youdon'tlikethis,doyou?), >you got what you deserved. Geez. Why design style rules into a language? A little thought could have avoided this if instead of slavishly following PL/I. How many more decades will `a=*b;' be an old-fashioned operator? >(So why do I even bother reading through this group? Why do some >schools even allow students to post outside of their own buildings?) >-- >Department of Computer Science Why do schools let anyone post? Why not just leave it to us professionals? -- 16. `The wealth I lose becomes the bane Steven Ryan: ingr!garth!smryan of all who own or seek in vain. 2400 Geng Road, Palo Alto, CA It brings but death to Hreithmar's kin Here have some grub. O they very fine and joy of wealth no man shall win.' baby worms cooked in the holy corn oil.
rob@phavl.UUCP (Robert Ransbottom) (05/06/89)
RE: UPPER || lower || Who &&
Chars || Charred &&
'\n' || '}' || ';' || ";}" &&
pound!=hash!=sharp!=number_sign
...because discussions of an ideal programming language using
C as a model (or a contrary) are not discussions about C; however
they are highly provocative to most readers here.
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...!uunet!phavl!rob Robert Ransbottombill@twwells.uucp (T. William Wells) (05/06/89)
In article <2806@garth.UUCP> smryan@garth.UUCP (s m ryan) writes:
: Why do schools let anyone post? Why not just leave it to us professionals?
Because there is no necessary relation between having a degree and the
attribute of optical rectosis, as your posting demonstrates.
Followups to alt.flame.
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