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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Char type verification
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On 15 Nov 2006 23:02:57 -0800, KE wrote:

> I thank everyone for their posts. I consider this thread closed -- as
> I've regretted posting it already.

Have you? My impression of this thread is that you have got quite
comprehensive answers.

> Ada is quite clearly not for an ordinary mortal like myself.

What makes you think so? Does

   Char in 'A'..'Z'

really appear as rocket science to a C programmer supposedly accustomed to
the stuff like

#define TOUPPER(c) ( c & ~('a' ^ 'A') )

?
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"... We stopped when we got a clean compile on the following syntax:
for(;P("\n"),R--;P("|"))for(e=C;e--;P("_"+(*u++/8)%2))P("|"+(*u/4) %2); "

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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