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From: ken@argus.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Better compilers (1.3 wish)
Message-ID: <1007@argus.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 18-Aug-87 09:26:13 EDT
Article-I.D.: argus.1007
Posted: Tue Aug 18 09:26:13 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 20-Aug-87 01:34:36 EDT
References: <1428@sputnik.COM> <900@edge.UUCP>
Organization: NJ Instit. of Tech: TEIES Project
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Summary: Use REXX

In article <900@edge.UUCP>, doug@edge.UUCP (Doug Pardee) writes:
> which does a lot of string processing, and the languages you have available
> are C and FORTRAN.  Neither C nor FORTRAN provide any way for you to access
> whatever string-processing instructions are built into your computer; you
> end up either manhandling each byte or calling numerous subroutines.

Try to pick a language that is more suitable to string processing.
REXX and SNOBOL for example (personal preference is REXX).


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