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From: Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Subverting 'Access for Sub-programs
Date: 1999/08/11
Date: 1999-08-11T12:10:36-05:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7osaqc$kbp@dfw-ixnews17.ix.netcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 37B18CF0.F50A802B@gandalf.atm.fh-luebeck.de

In article <37B18CF0.F50A802B@gandalf.atm.fh-luebeck.de>,
	"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <dmitry@gandalf.atm.fh-luebeck.de> wrote:

.... stuff deleted ...

>I believe that the actual problem is in using pointers. 

.... more stuff deleted

Blame it all on Maurice Wilkes who came up with this whole notion
of indirection in the first place (if my ancient memory of this is
correct).  Dr. Wilkes once said, "There is no problem in computer
programming that cannot be solved by yet one more level of indirection."
Ever since then, we have been solving problems via indirection (pointers).

Who was it that replied to Dr. Wilkes with, "The is no problem in computer
programming that cannot be made more complicated by yet one more level
of indirection." ?????  Perhaps it is time to revert to the good old 
days of Fortran and COBOL where everything was direct.  

I hope the humor of this is not lost on some reader.  I do not need to
be up to my neck in flames -- errrrrr, pointers to flames.

Richard Riehle
richard@adaworks.com
http://www.adaworks.com





  parent reply	other threads:[~1999-08-11  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-08-03  0:00 Subverting 'Access for Sub-programs Anton Gibbs
1999-08-03  0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-08-03  0:00 ` tmoran
1999-08-03  0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1999-08-03  0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-03  0:00 ` Michael F. Yoder
1999-08-03  0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-08-05  0:00   ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-04  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-04  0:00   ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-04  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-04  0:00 ` Anton Gibbs
1999-08-04  0:00   ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-04  0:00     ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-05  0:00       ` tmoran
1999-08-05  0:00         ` Aidan Skinner
1999-08-05  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-05  0:00           ` Ray Blaak
1999-08-06  0:00             ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-08-06  0:00               ` Hyman Rosen
1999-08-07  0:00                 ` Florian Weimer
1999-08-06  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-06  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-08  0:00                 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-09  0:00                   ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-10  0:00                     ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-09  0:00                 ` Tucker Taft
1999-08-05  0:00     ` Anton Gibbs
1999-08-04  0:00   ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-08-04  0:00     ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-05  0:00       ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-08-05  0:00         ` adam
1999-08-05  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-05  0:00             ` What is a Display ? (was: Subverting 'Access for Sub-programs) Larry Kilgallen
1999-08-05  0:00               ` Hyman Rosen
1999-08-06  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-06  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-05  0:00           ` Subverting 'Access for Sub-programs adam
1999-08-06  0:00             ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-06  0:00               ` adam
1999-08-09  0:00                 ` Mark Biggar
1999-08-09  0:00                 ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-05  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-05  0:00           ` tmoran
1999-08-06  0:00             ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-05  0:00           ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-06  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-09  0:00               ` Tucker Taft
1999-08-10  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-11  0:00                   ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-11  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-11  0:00                   ` Tucker Taft
1999-08-13  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-13  0:00                       ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-13  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-11  0:00                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
1999-08-11  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-12  0:00                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
1999-08-14  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-16  0:00                           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
1999-08-11  0:00                     ` Richard D Riehle [this message]
1999-08-05  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-06  0:00         ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-07  0:00           ` Gautier
1999-08-05  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-05  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-05  0:00         ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-05  0:00   ` Steve Quinlan
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