diamond@csl.sony.co.jp (Norman Diamond) (10/30/89)
In article <1159.25475CBB@urchin.fidonet.org> Bob.Stout@p6.f506.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Bob Stout) writes: >For example, an elevator controller (a typical >job for me) may be an exercise in AI programming, but if you try to tell a >controller manufacturer what sort of hardware you'll require to write it in >LISP or Smalltalk, you'll find out in a hurry what competitive pricing means >as they show you the door! But it also can't be programmed in C!!!! ANSI says that the execution character set must include a carriage return, audible alarm (well -- I guess an elevator has that), vertical tab (does an elevator have that?), horizontal tab, and a bunch of ASCII-like characters. And you gotta have fseek(). Anyone want to design a C standard for a stand-alone environment, which ANSI forgot to do? -- Norman Diamond, Sony Corp. (diamond%ws.sony.junet@uunet.uu.net seems to work) Should the preceding opinions be caught or | James Bond asked his killed, the sender will disavow all knowledge | ATT rep for a source of their activities or whereabouts. | licence to "kill".