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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Help Me Please :)
Date: 2000/03/01
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In article <38BC7A6E.EC5DE68B@mindspring.com>,
  Al Johnston <sofeise@mindspring.com> wrote:
> I think it should be

> 'A'..'Z'

> then again, I said I was new to this stuff... I want my c
> back!

Well if you are so narrow in your exposure to languages that
you know only C, it will be *really* good experience to learn
another language. Any competent programmer should be able to
acquire the *syntax* of another programming language almost
immediately.

Ironically, this particular point is one where Ada and C are
identical, and if you used "x" instead of 'x' in C you would
get equally mysterious (actually probably more mysterious
messages, something like:

   warning: comparison between pointer and integer

(at least that's what gcc gives for the equivalent C mistake:

   if ("a" <= q && q <= "z") ...







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