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From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Variable declarations & initializations
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Date: 10 May 88 02:56:07 GMT
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In article <4565@super.upenn.edu> catone@dsl.cis.upenn.edu.UUCP (Tony
Catone) writes:

>In article <5137@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan
>I. Kamens) writes:
>>
>>[Stuff about Turbo-Pascal constant arrays and records]
>
>I assume your last comment refers to Turbo's typed constant construct.
>Since "typed constant" is really a misnomer for initialized variable
>(ignoring the fact that typed constants reside in your code rather than
>your data segment), what distinction are you making between Turbo's
>strategy and that of other implementations?

Looking back at what I posted, I realize that you are right.  I *did*
put my foot in my mouth :-).  If anything, the turbo typed constants
are more difficult to convert into standard pascal than initialization
upon declaration is.

I must have been a little tired....

		       Jonathan Kamens, MIT '91
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