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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: fac41,3ef3e78eacf6f938 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Thread: 103376,3ef3e78eacf6f938 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Thread: 1008e3,3ef3e78eacf6f938 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Thread: 108717,3ef3e78eacf6f938 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gide91fe56a56,gida07f3367d7,gid8d81cdf253,gid5b1e799cdb,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!feeder.erje.net!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!news.net.uni-c.dk!dotsrc.org!filter.dotsrc.org!news.dotsrc.org!not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.modula3,comp.programming Subject: Re: Alternatives to C: ObjectPascal, Eiffel, Ada or Modula-3? References: <4BA8BA91.4050905@cherrystonesoftware.com> <4BA8F677.3090206@adalog.fr> <4BA8FD54.8020200@cherrystonesoftware.com> <4so5r5pt92mlkld8jdrc2choanhlb3h92l@4ax.com> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:08:01 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: "Martin Krischik" Organization: Martin Krischik, Softwareentwicklung Message-ID: User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.10 (MacIntel) NNTP-Posting-Host: 89.236.173.67 X-Trace: news.sunsite.dk DXC=9G_5FQICRSmb>:U6jKdTQlYSB=nbEKnkk\1fh753F[M`IDiY_4:UK?cd3Nai^>E:QM5d\dF5egYh5MaHI[T7SPAV2g X-Complaints-To: staff@sunsite.dk Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.eiffel:600 comp.lang.ada:10780 comp.lang.modula3:169 comp.programming:16553 Date: 2010-03-31T10:08:01+02:00 List-Id: Am 31.03.2010, 08:55 Uhr, schrieb David Thompson : > Ada has standard-in-language option, so all implementations must > provide it; PL/I same. Pascal doesn't require checking, but common > practice is yes or option. Just noticed that the three languages quoted also lets you specify the base index. That is you can specify an array starting at 1980 and ending at 2010. And before the performance freaks panic: If you have a statistic application collecting data from 1980 to 2010 then a 0 based index will only give you a lot of extra work but no performance advantage. Martin -- Martin Krischik