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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1cf653444208df72 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-10 17:22:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!not-for-mail From: David Starner Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ada vs. cpp Date: 10 Oct 2001 23:11:02 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: <9q2ki6$9281@news.cis.okstate.edu> References: <9pgr68$7pu1@news.cis.okstate.edu> <3bbd6287.346843109@news.cis.dfn.de> <9pkco7$9qe1@news.cis.okstate.edu> <3bc15a16.1317281@news.cis.dfn.de> <9ps9uu$a2g1@news.cis.okstate.edu> <3BC2FD54.69BA446D@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9pv54d$9aa1@news.cis.okstate.edu> <3bc40a3f.4768875@news.cis.dfn.de> <9q1ker$aik1@news.cis.okstate.edu> Reply-To: dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e5435.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14210 Date: 2001-10-10T23:11:02+00:00 List-Id: On 10 Oct 2001 19:53:11 +0200, Pascal Obry wrote: > With this definition every language support string. Pretty much. Algol 60 doesn't support them. It's one of the fundamental data types; any programming language that didn't support them would be seriously deficent. > I'm sorry to insist but "char *" is a pointer not a > string. A pointer to *what*? -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org "I saw a daemon stare into my face, and an angel touch my breast; each one softly calls my name . . . the daemon scares me less." - "Disciple", Stuart Davis