Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcnc!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Loopholes Message-ID: <1933@mmintl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Jan-87 13:30:36 EST Article-I.D.: mmintl.1933 Posted: Thu Jan 8 13:30:36 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Jan-87 09:36:57 EST References: <2029@brl-adm.ARPA> <604@sdchema.sdchem.UUCP> <10849@sun.uucp> Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT Lines: 12 In article <10849@sun.uucp> guy@gorodish.UUCP writes: >I guess either not enough compilers are clever enough, so they want to use >something like Mesa's "LOOPHOLE" operator, which merely reinterprets a >bucket of bits. It's interesting to note that C lacks this operator, while >some languages with stronger type checking have it. This isn't surprising. Generally speaking, the stronger the type checking, the more need there is for this kind of operator -- especially if you want to do systems-type programming with it. Frank Adams ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka Multimate International 52 Oakland Ave North E. Hartford, CT 06108