lawrenc@nvanbc.UUCP (05/05/87)
In article <8704300058.AA26570@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> CS117205@YUSOL.BITNET writes: >In article <8704250326.AA03572@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> you write: (... edited out ...) >> The other thing is sets. Why does Modula-2, limit me to only 128 >>elements in a large set? What if I was creating some routines which >>required set elements greater than that number (for example the ASCII >>character set)? (... more edited out ...) >eight times the Atari's wordsized, TDI is being generous. Besides, the ASCII >character set only has 128 members, which is probably why TDI chose this If I am not mistaken the ASCII character set has been extended to 256 characters inorder to support an international character set with special accents and punctuation. This is not a flame per say but I do find Modula in general to be quite restrictive and further, see no reason why there should be arbitrary or undefined limits in a languages definition. This can make for horrible portablility problems. Well that's my 2 cents worth. Good night all. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UUCP: tectronix!uw-beaver!ubc-vision!van-bc!nvanbc!lawrence SNAIL: 733 Sylvan Ave., North Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V7R 2E8 PHONE: 1-604-736-9241 (09:00-17:00 PDT)