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From: mph@lion.inmos.co.uk (Mike Harrison)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Pointers as 3-tuples (Re: JLG's flogging of horses (was Re: Relationship between C and C++))
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Date: 12 Apr 90 11:36:29 GMT
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In article <14341@lambda.UUCP> jlg@lambda.UUCP (Jim Giles) writes:
>From article <8960015@hpfcso.HP.COM>, by mjs@hpfcso.HP.COM (Marc Sabatella):
>> [...]
>> Arrays can be used for this only if you know a priori the ultimate size of
>> the data structure in question, or if your language allows dynamically
>> reallocatable arrays.
>
>The second choice is something I wholeheartedly support.


Sounds like another vote for Algol 68 :-)


Mike,




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