Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: net.lang.pascal,net.lang.c Subject: Re: PASCAL as a system's programming language Message-ID: <7237@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 18:43:22 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.7237 Posted: Fri Jan 11 18:43:22 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 13-Jan-85 08:23:16 EST References: <252@harvard.ARPA> <193@ihu1m.UUCP> <24@spar.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 13 Xref: watmath net.lang.pascal:182 net.lang.c:3839 > 2) Notational consistency, especially with structures, arrays and pointers. > > It's unfortunate that C is irrevocably brain-damaged by the lack of > coherence and clarity as regards item (2). How about explaining what you mean. If you're referring to the equivalence of *(p + i) and p[i] then I have to disagree. Otherwise, what notational inconsistency? Structs (unions), arrays, and pointers are not the same things so what consistency are you asking for??