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From: "J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr>
Subject: Re: What's wrong with C++?
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:56:22 +0100
Date: 2011-02-18T07:56:22+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ijl56r$osg$1@news.eternal-september.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4d5daeea$0$17330$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net>

Le 18/02/2011 00:27, Hyman Rosen a écrit :
> I do understand. I don't know Ada, but I would assume that controlling
> internal representation is generally used to match object layout (not
> value) against external requirements. (Or to make your arrays of booleans
> be arrays of bits, I guess.) It seems more unusual, when you want your
> enumerators to have specific internal values, to also claim that they're
> not "really" integers.
"Integers" means you want to do arithmetic with them. When interfacing
with devices, it often happens that you have specific bit patterns, and
you want to give them a name.

Remember: for me, a bit pattern is not necessarily an integer ;-)
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Thread overview: 155+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-16 17:37 What's wrong with C++? KK6GM
2011-02-16 17:58 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-16 18:18   ` KK6GM
2011-02-16 20:25     ` Chris Moore
2011-02-20  4:47       ` Chuck
2011-02-20  4:45     ` Chuck
2011-02-16 19:35   ` Robert A Duff
2011-02-16 20:32     ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-16 23:31     ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-02-16 20:03   ` Fritz Wuehler
2011-02-16 20:09     ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-17 17:39     ` Paul Colin Gloster
2011-03-01 15:52       ` Martin Krischik
2011-02-16 23:27   ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-02-16 18:32 ` Pascal Obry
2011-02-16 19:09   ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-16 19:36     ` KK6GM
2011-02-16 20:07       ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-17 18:48         ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-17 18:53           ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-02-17 19:14             ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-17 19:38             ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-17 19:55               ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-02-17 20:11                 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-17 20:51                   ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-02-17 21:03                     ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-17 21:32                       ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-02-17 21:45                         ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-17 21:07                 ` Jeffrey Carter
2011-02-17 20:32               ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-17 20:37                 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-17 22:54               ` J-P. Rosen
2011-02-17 23:02                 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-17 23:03                 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-17 23:17                   ` J-P. Rosen
2011-02-17 23:27                     ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-18  6:56                       ` J-P. Rosen [this message]
2011-02-18 19:58                       ` Edward Fish
2011-02-18 20:04                         ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-18 20:10                           ` Edward Fish
2011-02-18 20:27                             ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-18 22:00                               ` Edward Fish
2011-02-17 19:34           ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-16 20:49   ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-02-16 21:12     ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-16 23:07       ` J-P. Rosen
2011-02-16 23:23         ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-17 20:51         ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-17 20:57           ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-16 23:35       ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-02-17  3:35         ` Shark8
2011-02-17 20:54           ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-17 22:19             ` Shark8
2011-02-17 11:04         ` J-P. Rosen
2011-02-17 11:52           ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-02-17 14:30             ` J-P. Rosen
2011-02-17 16:29               ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-17 17:32                 ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-02-18  6:54                   ` Chuck
2011-02-17 21:04                 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-18  7:02                   ` Chuck
2011-02-17 22:50                 ` J-P. Rosen
2011-02-17 23:00                   ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-17 23:08                     ` J-P. Rosen
2011-02-19 15:24                     ` Marco
2011-02-19 16:39                       ` Frank J. Lhota
2011-02-19 19:51                         ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-02-19 22:36                           ` Anonymous
2011-02-19 22:45                             ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-02-20  0:55                               ` Nomen Nescio
2011-02-20  1:51                                 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-02-20  9:49                                   ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-02-18  7:07                   ` Chuck
2011-02-17 21:00             ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-17 22:55               ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-02-18  3:09                 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-18  9:37                   ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-02-18 11:34             ` richard
2011-02-18 11:56               ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-02-18 13:26                 ` richard
2011-02-18 14:15                   ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-02-17 20:58           ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-18  7:11             ` Chuck
2011-02-18 17:17               ` Paul Colin Gloster
2011-02-20  4:35                 ` Chuck
2011-02-18  7:16         ` Chuck
2011-02-18  7:27         ` Chuck
2011-02-18  7:28         ` Chuck
2011-02-17  3:41 ` Mike Sieweke
2011-02-17 13:31   ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-02-18  5:15     ` Mike Sieweke
2011-02-18  6:41       ` Chuck
2011-02-18  6:39     ` Chuck
2011-02-17 15:30   ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-17 17:31     ` Martin
2011-02-17 19:12     ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-17 18:51   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-18  6:45     ` Chuck
2011-02-18  6:38   ` Chuck
2011-02-17  8:31 ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-02-17  9:02   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-02-17 13:38     ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-02-17 16:12       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-02-17 16:25         ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-17 17:46           ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-02-17 18:09             ` Hyman Rosen
2011-02-18  5:59               ` Chuck
2011-02-17 18:22           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-02-18  6:23           ` Chuck
2011-02-17 17:27         ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-02-17 18:46           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-02-18  6:15           ` Chuck
2011-02-18 13:37             ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-02-20  4:33               ` Chuck
2011-02-17 19:29         ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-18  9:17           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-02-17 19:34         ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-18  9:41           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-02-17 19:25       ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-18  6:20       ` Chuck
2011-02-17 19:19     ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-17 20:50       ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-02-17 21:08         ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-18  0:13           ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-02-18  6:12         ` Chuck
2011-02-18  7:47           ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-18  6:07     ` Chuck
2011-02-18 17:38       ` Paul Colin Gloster
2011-02-17 11:51 ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-02-17 20:47   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-20  4:41 ` Chuck
2011-02-20 10:28   ` Brian Drummond
2011-02-20 14:48   ` Britt Snodgrass
2011-10-04 20:51 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-10-04 21:00   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-10-05  1:53     ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-10-05  2:13       ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-10-05  4:48         ` Jeffrey Carter
2011-10-05  6:21           ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-10-05  6:39             ` Jeffrey Carter
2011-10-05  5:13         ` Niklas Holsti
2011-10-05  6:33           ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-10-05  6:45             ` Jeffrey Carter
2011-10-08  1:36             ` Randy Brukardt
2011-10-08  8:39               ` Niklas Holsti
2011-10-08 23:11               ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-10-06 13:19         ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-10-06 14:01           ` Hyman Rosen
2011-10-08  1:24       ` Randy Brukardt
2011-10-08 13:14         ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-10-08 17:49           ` Jeffrey Carter
2011-10-08 23:55           ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-10-10 13:31             ` Paul Colin Gloster
2011-10-11  7:45               ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-10-11  9:40                 ` SPARK and other provers (Was: Re: What's wrong with C++?) Phil Thornley
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