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From: VArase@varase.it.luc.edu (Verne Arase)
Subject: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal?
Date: 1996/08/09
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Date: 1996-08-09T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <4tqoru$kdn@overload.lbl.gov>,
tonyk@sseos.lbl.gov (Tony Konashenok) wrote:

 >Another serious limitation is that fixed-point numbers can only be
integer.
 >I can't count how many times I had to do dirty tricks to circumvent it.

... or really stupid stuff like having a numeric interger constant suddenly
shift over into octal because you coded a leading zero.

Yes I know a leading zero makes it octal. Yes, I know that C was originally
designed to be run on much slower hardware, and some shortcuts had to be
taken.

Doesn't mean that I don't occasionaly get bitten by this one though :-/.

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