From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, PLING_QUERY,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: Alan E & Carmel J Brain Subject: Re: How big is an int? (was: Yet another stupid language war (was: ... the only languages you need!!)) Date: 1997/11/24 Message-ID: <347A400D.3EDB@dynamite.com.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 292083241 References: <879381995snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> <879433137snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> <64fbr2$76k$1@route1.mdrf.france3.fr> <879901314snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> <3473B088.3227@dynamite.com.au> <3473451A.60C4@gsg.eds.com> Organization: @home Reply-To: aebrain@dynamite.com.au Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-11-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote: > > Alan E & Carmel J Brain wrote: > > It's issues like this that make me feel thankful that I'm restricted to > > only programming in C or C++. Should be a "not" in between I'm and restricted. Rather changes the sense of things.... > The more languages you know, the better > you understand the issues. With only C and C++, your experience is way > to narrow to appreciate other languages. Concur. > Mind you, I don't expect that you will like all of the other languages, > but each has something to teach you. Even (bletch) COBOL. Concur. Even APL. C++ certainly! -- aebrain@dynamite.com.au <> <> How doth the little Crocodile | Alan & Carmel Brain| xxxxx Improve his shining tail? | Canberra Australia | xxxxxHxHxxxxxx _MMMMMMMMM_MMMMMMMMM abrain@cs.adfa.oz.au o OO*O^^^^O*OO o oo oo oo oo By pulling MAERKLIN Wagons, in 1/220 Scale