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=1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f5d71,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 146b77,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid146b77,public From: "Nick Roberts" Subject: Re: Dynamic memory? (was Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java) Date: 1999/01/25 Message-ID: <78j2cg$72f$1@plug.news.pipex.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 436892767 References: <369C1F31.AE5AF7EF@concentric.net> <369DDDC3.FDE09999@sea.ericsson.se> <369e309a.32671759@news.demon.co.uk> <369F0592.94F9DDDA@dresdner-bank.com> <77pnr4$ch3$1@newnews.global.net.uk> <36a3281a.11980677@news.demon.co.uk> <77vclp$rme@news3.euro.net> <36a34176.18473393@news.demon.co.uk> <77vi92$944@news3.euro.net> <36a357bb.24173519@news.demon.co.uk> <7803e9$825$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <78069o$anf$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <780a5t$eaj$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Organization: UUNET WorldCom server (post doesn't reflect views of UUNET WorldCom) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.vxworks,comp.lang.java Date: 1999-01-25T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com wrote in message <780a5t$eaj$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>... [...] |P.S. I have neither taken a compiler course nor have a |university-level CS education myself, and I think I know |*something* about compilers anyway :-) That's a bit like Michaelangelo saying he reckons he knows a bit about painting! Dr Dewar, folks, wrote a large part of the book (THE book) on compilers. |P.P.S. At NYU, we typically expect all students to take the |compiler course, and most do. I'm very, very pleased to hear that. It's just like a person learning a little about car mechanics whilst learning to drive a car. The day is almost certain to come, sooner or later, when that extra knowledge comes in very handy. And besides which, knowing how a car basically works is bound to help you understand how to drive it better. ------------------------------------------- Nick Roberts -------------------------------------------