Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihu1m.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!ihu1m!gadfly From: gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly) Newsgroups: net.lang.pascal,net.lang.c Subject: Re: PASCAL as a system's programming language Message-ID: <193@ihu1m.UUCP> Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 17:52:18 EST Article-I.D.: ihu1m.193 Posted: Tue Jan 8 17:52:18 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jan-85 05:29:02 EST References: <252@harvard.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 17 Xref: watmath net.lang.pascal:172 net.lang.c:3768 -- Perhaps the nicest (in the sense of clean) thing about PASCAL is the way it bifurcates the universe of objects into pointers and pointees. It is thus easier to debug monster programs with monster data structures than is the case with C. Actually, all PASCAL needs to be a superior systems language to C is a casting operator, assuming the compiler knows how to optimize programming constructs like sequential array references. I can do without the demented precedence of logical operators, though. -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 08 Jan 85 [19 Nivose An CXCIII] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7188 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken *** ***