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From: jlg@a.UUCP (Jim Giles)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: FORTRAN horrors (weak typed pointers)
Message-ID: <564@a.UUCP>
Date: 11 Apr 88 21:14:21 GMT
References: <584@auvax.UUCP> <50500045@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M.
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Summary: PL/I pointers, and C??

In article <50500045@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>, hirchert@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
> Even if the arithmetic were fixed, I probably wouldn't choose PL/I today
> because its pointers are weakly typed and I find that a bit too dangerous for
> my tastes.
>
Boy, you must REALLY dislike C if the slightly weak typing on PL/I pointers
puts you off.  If you like C you should find some other reason to dislike
PL/I - or maybe you should decide that you like it after all.

Anyway, this discussion REALLY doesn't belong on comp.lang.fortran (as I've
said before).  

J. Giles
Los Alamos