That there are such languages is of course correct, In them one writes not
r = a | b| c| . . . ; but r = a ; if r then ; else r = b ; if r then ; else r = c ; if r then ; else . . . ; If a language definition requires such ugliness, one must of course live with it; but it is a PITA. The optimizing breakoffs I mentioned are, like much else in this area, due to Lowry and Medlock; and embodied in their FORTRAN H compiler. -- John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
