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From: rbj@icst-cmr (Root Boy Jim)
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Subject: Re: Additions to C - range checking
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Date: Tue, 1-Jul-86 11:39:38 EDT
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	>if (5<a<50) do_something(a);
	>
	>Is this impossible to parse?
	
	This was in BCPL, and was a GOOD IDEA.

COBOL has this too. It is not impossible to parse, but it is not trivial
either. It requires lookahead to resolve the meaning. Perhaps another syntax?

	(Root Boy) Jim Cottrell		<rbj@icst-cmr.arpa>
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