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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ad988eb0a9545c86 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-11 03:41:22 PST Path: archiver1.sj.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!nntp.news.xara.net!xara.net!gxn.net!server6.netnews.ja.net!server4.netnews.ja.net!server2.netnews.ja.net!newshost.central.susx.ac.uk!news.bton.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: John English Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Problem trying to implement generics. Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 10:43:58 +0100 Organization: University of Brighton Message-ID: <3AFBB45E.D74A9578@brighton.ac.uk> References: <9b46dr$cd8$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <9b6jtu$4is$2@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <9b6m27$68e$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <0JBB6.10484$FD1.1197250@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> <9b7tce$laf$2@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <3ADC4320.7ACA3DEC@averstar.com> <9bhoup$h9k$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <3ADC7A79.8E853905@mindspring.com> <9bi4g4$97m$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3AF786B8.7DE1215B@ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pcje.it.bton.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: saturn.bton.ac.uk 989574246 28569 193.62.183.48 (11 May 2001 09:44:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@bton.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 May 2001 09:44:06 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.sj.google.com comp.lang.ada:7384 Date: 2001-05-11T09:44:06+00:00 List-Id: Lao Xiao Hai wrote: > If my memory has not failed me, I seem to > recall that the +=, ++, and certain other shorthand constructs originate on > the platform for which C was originally designed, the PDP-11. A common myth, but in fact C was originally developed on the PDP-7. See http://burks.bton.ac.uk/burks/pcinfo/history/lucent/chist.htm for the full story. ----------------------------------------------------------------- John English | mailto:je@brighton.ac.uk Senior Lecturer | http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je Dept. of Computing | ** NON-PROFIT CD FOR CS STUDENTS ** University of Brighton | -- see http://burks.bton.ac.uk -----------------------------------------------------------------