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From: charles@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM (Charles Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Modula-2 and C initializations
Message-ID: <1410021@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM>
Date: 5 Jul 89 23:50:21 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon
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> BTW, the construct:
>      int a[] = {1, 2, 3};
> usually doesn't create any code (unless the intialization is allowed for
> autovariables).  Instead it merely places the values into the
> initialized data segment instead of zeros.

> whereas the equivalent M2 code:
> 	a	: array [0..2] of integer;
> 	a[0] := 1; a[1] := 2; a[2] := 3;

Pphhttt!!!  This is not equivalent code.  The equivalent code in C is:
	int a[3];
 	a[0] = 1; a[1] = 2; a[2] = 3;
So for this example C is capable of doing exactly what M2 is doing,
but M2 is not able to do what C is capable of.

> Note that this does not prove one superior over the other.  They are
> different, and have different strengths and weaknesses.  ...

THIS example in fact DOES show one superiority of C.

> Ah well, I said that I didn't want to get involved in a "Language X is better
> that language Y" discussion, and here I am starting to think about it. *grin*
> Kevin Klop		{uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!kevin

You chose a poor example to avoid THAT arguement.
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