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| From | Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: BLISS |
| Date | 2016-06-08 10:24 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <drqa30Fc6elU27@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <nj1fdd$li5$1@dont-email.me> <575735ef.21428362@nntp2.rawbw.com> <drp088Fc6elU21@mid.individual.net> <nj8o6u$j7s$1@dont-email.me> |
On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 10:23:33 +0100, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote: > "Bob Eager" <news0006@eager.cx> wrote in message > news:drp088Fc6elU21@mid.individual.net... >> On Tue, 07 Jun 2016 21:04:03 +0000, Questor wrote: >> >>> The big problem with the dot operator is that a period does not have a >>> lot of "visual redundancy," if you will. It is at the mercy of fading >>> ink ribbons, coffee stains, blurry CRT screens, etc. I don't know >>> what the better choice would have been, but I wish someone had found >>> it. >> >> C uses *, but I preferred the one used by its predecessor, BCPL. That >> was '!'. > > Yes, but only when you know that already you have a pointer (better not > say reference because of C++ usage) > > For normal assignement, C has nothing. Yes, I agree. I just think that aesthetically and practically, ! would not be a bad choice. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-05 16:10 +0100
Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-05 15:25 +0000
Re: BLISS Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-05 12:25 -0400
Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-05 18:41 +0100
Re: BLISS Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2016-06-05 12:20 -0700
Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-05 23:08 +0100
Re: BLISS Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-06-06 07:38 +0200
Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-06 09:33 +0100
Re: BLISS Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-06-06 13:05 +0200
Re: BLISS jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-06 13:35 +0000
Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-06 14:54 +0100
Re: BLISS Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2016-06-06 08:03 -0700
Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-06 16:07 +0100
Re: BLISS Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2016-06-06 08:11 -0700
Re: BLISS jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-07 12:11 +0000
Re: BLISS Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-08 02:31 -0700
Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-08 10:26 +0000
Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-08 12:01 +0100
Re: BLISS scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-06-06 16:48 +0000
Re: BLISS Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-07 16:14 -0400
Re: BLISS JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-06-06 14:16 -0500
Re: BLISS jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-06 13:35 +0000
Re: BLISS usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2016-06-07 21:04 +0000
Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-07 22:30 +0000
Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-08 10:23 +0100
Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-08 10:24 +0000
Re: BLISS jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-08 12:09 +0000
Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-08 12:27 +0000
Re: BLISS Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-08 07:48 -0700
Re: BLISS Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-06-08 15:21 +0000
Re: BLISS Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-08 11:50 -0400
Re: BLISS Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-08 09:32 -0700
Re: BLISS - broken bar Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-06-08 15:35 -0400
Re: BLISS - broken bar Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-09 10:52 -0400
Re: BLISS - broken bar Joe Makowiec <makowiec@invalid.invalid> - 2016-06-09 20:11 +0000
Re: BLISS - broken bar Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-10 06:45 -0400
Re: BLISS jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-09 12:25 +0000
Re: BLISS Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-06-09 10:23 -0500
Re: BLISS Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-09 08:49 -0700
Re: BLISS "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-09 20:07 -0400
Re: BLISS Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-09 19:11 -0700
Re: BLISS Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-09 19:16 -0700
Re: BLISS "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-06-11 10:09 -0500
Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-11 16:05 +0000
Re: BLISS Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-06-11 19:27 +0100
Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-11 18:46 +0000
Re: BLISS "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-06-12 09:45 -0500
Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-08 10:21 +0100
Re: BLISS Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-08 07:26 -0400
Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-08 11:33 +0000
Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-08 13:30 +0100
Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-08 14:07 +0000
Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-08 15:39 +0100
Re: BLISS Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-08 07:56 -0700
Re: BLISS Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-08 11:50 -0400
Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-08 15:27 +0000
Re: BLISS Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-08 11:50 -0400
Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-08 17:13 +0100
Re: BLISS mausg@mail.com - 2016-06-09 09:37 +0000
Re: BLISS Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-09 10:52 -0400
Re: BLISS Alan Bowler <atbowler@thinkage.ca> - 2016-06-28 18:53 -0400
Re: BLISS Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-28 19:47 -0400
Re: BLISS "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-28 20:00 -0400
Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-29 09:19 +0100
Re: BLISS "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-29 04:43 -0400
Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-29 09:17 +0100
Re: BLISS Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-07-12 17:07 -0700
Re: BLISS mausg@mail.com - 2016-07-13 14:22 +0000
Re: BLISS mausg@mail.com - 2016-07-13 14:41 +0000
Re: BLISS Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-07-13 16:50 +0100
Re: BLISS mausg@mail.com - 2016-07-13 19:24 +0000
Re: BLISS Alfred Falk <falk@arc.ab.ca> - 2016-07-13 23:13 +0000
Re: BLISS Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2016-07-14 06:06 +0100
Re: BLISS Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-07-14 09:12 +0100
Re: BLISS Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-06-08 15:42 +0100
Re: BLISS Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-06-08 15:21 +0000
Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-08 16:44 +0100
Re: BLISS "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-06-11 10:19 -0500
Re: BLISS Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-06-13 16:20 +0000
Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-08 15:28 +0000
Re: BLISS Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-06-08 14:40 +0100
Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-08 14:08 +0000
Re: BLISS Alan Bowler <atbowler@thinkage.ca> - 2016-07-12 19:15 -0400
Re: BLISS David Wade <dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-13 17:39 +0100
Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-08 13:29 +0100
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