On Friday 08 November 2013 23:17:40 Sieghard wrote: > > > 15. No arrays of arbitrary range, > > Incomplete language implementation.
Why? We don't talk about Pascal. I often see errors in programs because of wrong 0/1 array starting index. Oberon doesn't have it either: " 6.2. Array types An array is a structure consisting of a fixed number of elements which are all of the same type, called the element type. The number of elements of an array is called its length. The elements of the array are designated by indices, which are integers between 0 and the length minus 1. " Currently arbitrary array bounds are back because of IvankoBs argument with the performance gain by addressing by base Register. > > > type > > arty = array[0..9] of snum32; > > > > becomes > > > > type > > arty = array[10] of snum32; > > Urghh. > Why? Because it looks like C and C is evil? Another possibility " arty = array 10 of int32; " (Oberon like). I think "[]" as pattern for arrays is not bad. > > This is not Pascal anymore then. Call it "MartiniC" or some such. > The name is MSElang. :-) BTW, the Wiki is a work in progress, you should have a look before sending. ;-) Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers Accelerate application performance with scalable programming models. Explore techniques for threading, error checking, porting, and tuning. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60136231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ mseide-msegui-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mseide-msegui-talk
