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From: bigelow@hpfcso.HP.COM (Jim Bigelow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Reading cursor keys in HP Pascal (I use curses)
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Date: 22 Nov 89 20:04:02 GMT
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Richard K. Lloyd writes:

> On a different note, why doesn't HP Pascal have any bitwise operators between
> integers such as AND, OR and XOR ?? Or have I missed something here ?

My guess is that since pascal has evaloved from a language that hides/abstracts
the user from the underlying architecture, there was no need for bit operators.
This of course, like many other "lacking" features in pascal left the user to
write his or her own, thereby given rise to the fragemented nature of pascal as
it exists today.

But enough philosophizing!  It sounds like a worthy enchancement given enough 
demand from customers of HP pascal.  I hear one bid, are there any others?

Jim Bigelow
HP S300 Pascal
Colorado Language Lab.
HP

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