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Re: repeating something n times

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From malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com
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Subject Re: repeating something n times
Date Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:00:04 -0700 (PDT)
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On Sunday, July 15, 2012 4:10:36 PM UTC+1, Bart wrote:
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> BartC wrote:
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> This is the same language that has these integer types:
> 
Yes, it's a nightmare. The committee failed to understand the N squared problem of types. If we want to write a function taking an array of integers, and pass it the output of a second function which returns an array of integers, there are N square possibilities, where N is the number of integer types in the language. So N needs to be one or at the most two if you wish to avoid littering the code with adapter functions, many of which might actually be no-ops.

Fortunately most people use int most of the time. But the standard is pulling against that, mandating other types for all sorts of common situations.

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Re: repeating something n times "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-06 21:56 +0100
  Re: repeating something n times Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-07-06 22:16 +0100
    Re: repeating something n times "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-06 23:18 +0100
  Re: repeating something n times malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com - 2012-07-14 14:11 -0700
    Re: repeating something n times "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-14 23:11 +0100
      Re: repeating something n times Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2012-07-14 23:37 +0000
        Re: repeating something n times "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-15 01:16 +0100
          Re: repeating something n times malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com - 2012-07-14 17:35 -0700
            Re: repeating something n times Aaron W. Hsu <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2012-07-14 22:23 -0500
          Re: repeating something n times Aaron W. Hsu <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2012-07-14 22:19 -0500
            Re: repeating something n times "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-15 11:00 +0100
      Re: repeating something n times malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com - 2012-07-14 17:44 -0700
      Re: repeating something n times Aaron W. Hsu <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2012-07-14 22:17 -0500
        Re: repeating something n times "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-15 11:49 +0100
          Re: repeating something n times Aaron W. Hsu <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2012-07-15 09:53 -0500
      Re: repeating something n times Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-07-15 12:18 +0100
        Re: repeating something n times "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-15 13:21 +0100
          Re: repeating something n times Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-07-15 13:02 +0000
            Re: repeating something n times "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-15 14:36 +0100
              Re: repeating something n times Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-07-15 14:18 +0000
                Re: repeating something n times "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-15 15:45 +0100
                Re: repeating something n times Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-07-15 16:25 +0000
                Re: repeating something n times "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-15 18:02 +0100
          Re: repeating something n times Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-07-15 15:10 +0100
            Re: repeating something n times "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-15 16:10 +0100
              Re: repeating something n times malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com - 2012-07-15 13:00 -0700
    Re: repeating something n times Aaron W. Hsu <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2012-07-14 21:55 -0500
      Re: repeating something n times "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-07-17 20:47 +0200
        Re: repeating something n times "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-07-18 14:19 +0200
          Re: repeating something n times Aaron W. Hsu <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2012-07-18 12:55 -0500
            Re: repeating something n times malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com - 2012-07-18 11:57 -0700

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