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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,3d3f20d31be1c33a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: walter.mallory@gecm.com (Walter Mallory) Subject: Re: Separation of IF and Imp: process issue? Date: 1997/09/10 Message-ID: <5v6q62$27c@gcsin3.geccs.gecm.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 271351690 References: <33E9ADE9.4709@flash.net> <5upe9k$7he@newshub.atmnet.net> <5utag9$o6s@newshub.atmnet.net> Organization: GEC Marconi Dynamics, Inc. Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel Date: 1997-09-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) wrote: >Darren says >I often find that people who have never used a language feature don't >understand its utility. I would not look to a C programmer to understand >the importance of fixed-point built into a language, Actually, if that C programmer has done significant amounts of programming in C using fixed point math he or she might very well appreciate how nice it would be to let the compiler handle some of the details for a change. Probably not enough of a feature to switch languages for but still enough to look longingly at that particular feature... :-) -- Walter Mallory walter.mallory@gecm.com All opinions expressed are my own and not my employer's. --