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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a146,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,8775b19e3c68a5dc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fa0ae,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa0ae,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: firewind Subject: Re: Which language pays most? Smalltalk, not C++ nor Java. Date: 1997/12/30 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 311440030 References: <199712121931.LAA25389@sirius.infonex.com> <67iipp$ktj$1@darla.visi.com> <882756127snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> <34A14C27.57C0@min.net> <67rjb3$pfb$1@brie.direct.ca> <34A50CAA.54AA@netup.cl> <685mee$5d4$1@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> <34A812F9.C169A703@its.cl> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Organization: Netcom X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Dec 30 3:57:58 PM CST 1997 Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.lang.ada,comp.edu Date: 1997-12-30T15:57:58-06:00 List-Id: On Tue, 30 Dec 1997, Joshua Waxman wrote: > On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Guillermo Schwarz wrote: > > very poorlanguage. You can't know how many bits does an int have. Or if long > > is actually bigger > > than int. > You can't? How about sizeof(int) and if(sizeof(int) < sizeof(long)) sizeof(int) gives the size in bytes, which you need to multiply by CHAR_BIT to get the number of bits. > > You can't ask an structure how many fields does it have. > > True. But structures in C++ tend to have a constant number of fields, no? And I'm curious as to the usefulness of this, anyway. How can you use a structure that you don't know the layout of? > > In C++ there is no way to handle overflow of integers. > > Check after each addition to see if you reversed signs, and act > accordingly. What about unsigned arirthmetic? What if sign reversal is possible (but not garunteed) in this expression, without any overflow? [- firewind -] [- email: firewind@metroid.dyn.ml.org (home), firewind@aurdev.com (work) -] [- "You're just jealous because the voices talk to -me-." -] [- Have a good day, and enjoy your C. -] [- (on a crusade of grumpiness where grumpiness is due) -]