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From: lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject: Re: Arithmetic overflow checking
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:37:21 -0700 (PDT)
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On Jul 22, 4:16=A0pm, Andreas Leitgeb <a...@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at>
wrote:
> lewbloch <lewbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Jul 22, 10:33=A0am, Andreas Leitgeb <a...@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at>
> > wrote:
> >> Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote:
> >> [about lack of operator overloading for non-primitive arithmetic types=
]
> >>> The problem is not just the keystrokes for typing the expressions.
> >>> It is very important to be able to check that a lengthy expression
> >>> in a program is a correct translation of the corresponding expression=
,
> >>> in mathematical notation, in a textbook or paper.
> >> Lew?
> > Yes?
>
> So here are arguments (admittedly not mine) that include ("... not just..=
.")
> but also go beyond the complaint about the number of keystrokes. I was ju=
st
> wondering, if you had any expert-opinion about them, that you'd care to s=
hare.

Patricia made excellent points.

I don't think I can improve on them.

--
Lew