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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-24 08:26:22 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!swrinde!pipex!uknet!strath-cs!st-and!ajry From: ajry@st-andrews.ac.uk (Alistair James Robert Young) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Date: 24 Nov 1994 15:28:55 GMT Organization: University Of St. Andrews Message-ID: <3b2bfn$487@calvin.st-and.ac.uk> References: <3a6oc5$dkh@nntp1.u.washington.edu> <3alh02$rgo@holly.csv.warwick.ac.uk> <3alk8j$ok7@calvin.st-and.ac.uk> <3avnpi$1rf@sage.csv.warwick.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: langs.st-andrews.ac.uk Xref: nntp.gmd.de comp.lang.ada:16941 comp.lang.c:69552 comp.programming:13044 comp.lang.c++:80123 comp.object:17675 Date: 1994-11-24T15:28:55+00:00 List-Id: In article <3avnpi$1rf@sage.csv.warwick.ac.uk>, Jules wrote: >In article <3alk8j$ok7@calvin.st-and.ac.uk>, > ajry@st-andrews.ac.uk (Alistair James Robert Young) writes: > >Using Turbo Pascal 7, there is a unit which allows you to use null terminated >strings all the time if you so desire - but the problem is you can't use >any of Pascal's nice operators on them, you must use C style function calls >to manipulate them. But hey - you lose nothing from working in C. > Nice to know. The last version I used was Turbo Pascal for Windows 1.5, and using null-terminated strings in that was a major pain. >>PS, if you think your Pascal course is bad, pity them at St. Andrews: >>s-algol,developed there,only used there, completely useless for any practical >>purpose! > >Is (Standard) Pascal useful for any practical purpose? >A language where every time you wish to read a string you must write your own >procedure to do it? And all strings are fixed length? >A language which does not allow random access to files? >I could go on.... > Well, at least you pick up some things that might be useful later on with Turbo Pascal or C. Does anyone still use algol out there? For anything? And when this dialect tries to implement arrays (called 'vectors' for some bizarre reason), or pointers - well, does the word 'bastardized' mean anything? :-) Alistair ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alistair Young -- Arkane Systems Software Development & PC Consultancy The opinions above are my company's, because I OWN it! [Development for OS/2 only!] Contact: ajry@st-and.ac.uk "Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana" - Groucho Marx GAT/CS/C/S d++ H s++:- g+ !p+ !au a- w+++ v+++ C++++ O++++$ P+ E+++ N+++ W--- M-- !V -po+(++) Y+ t+ R++ tv b+++ D++ e+ u** h--- f+ r++ n+ y? ------------------------------------------------------------------------