Re: The magical number seven (was: Tiny regular expressions code)

From	Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: The magical number seven (was: Tiny regular expressions code)
Date	2014-10-21 11:34 +0200
Organization	1&1 Internet AG
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Hans Bezemer wrote:
>> Other than Java not having pointers, I don't know what you're talking
>> about.  Of course, I'm familiar with C but not Java.  Could you explain?
> Sure. First OO isn't optional. Second, I love table-oriented-programming
> (I think my 4tH is best equipped for that) and Java makes that impossible
> by the sheer horror of using function pointers.

The classes are actually tables of function pointers, so as long as you use 
names to index into these tables, use a class in Java to implement that.

Of course, when you use numbers to index, it's awful, because you can't do 
that.

-- 
Bernd Paysan
"If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself"
http://bernd-paysan.de/

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Tiny regular expressions code Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-13 18:15 +0200
  Re: Tiny regular expressions code Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-13 18:18 +0200
    Re: Tiny regular expressions code Pablo Hugo Reda <pabloreda@gmail.com> - 2014-10-13 09:32 -0700
    Re: Tiny regular expressions code Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-13 11:18 -0700
      Re: Tiny regular expressions code Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-13 20:36 +0200
        Re: Tiny regular expressions code Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-13 11:53 -0700
  Re: Tiny regular expressions code Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-13 22:14 +0200
  Re: Tiny regular expressions code mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2014-10-13 22:59 +0200
    Re: Tiny regular expressions code Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-13 23:11 +0200
  Re: Tiny regular expressions code albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-10-14 09:22 +0000
    Re: Tiny regular expressions code Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-14 17:43 +0200
      Re: Tiny regular expressions code albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-10-14 16:27 +0000
        Re: Tiny regular expressions code albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-10-15 09:48 +0000
          Re: Tiny regular expressions code Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 17:38 +0200
            Re: Tiny regular expressions code albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-10-16 09:20 +0000
  Re: Tiny regular expressions code josv@planet.nl - 2014-10-17 05:03 -0700
    Re: Tiny regular expressions code Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-17 17:48 +0200
      Re: Tiny regular expressions code Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-17 19:20 +0200
        Re: Tiny regular expressions code anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-10-18 15:43 +0000
          Re: Tiny regular expressions code Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-18 18:53 +0200
          Re: Tiny regular expressions code hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-10-18 19:19 -0700
            Re: Tiny regular expressions code Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-19 14:52 +0200
              Re: Tiny regular expressions code Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-19 15:25 +0200
                Re: Tiny regular expressions code Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-10-19 21:14 +0200
                Re: Tiny regular expressions code Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-20 00:17 +0200
              Re: Tiny regular expressions code albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-10-19 17:10 +0000
                Re: Tiny regular expressions code Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-19 19:59 +0200
          Re: Tiny regular expressions code Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-10-19 09:31 -0500
            The magical number seven (was: Tiny regular expressions code) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-10-20 09:10 +0000
              Re: The magical number seven (was: Tiny regular expressions code) m.a.m.hendrix@tue.nl - 2014-10-20 03:13 -0700
                Re: The magical number seven (was: Tiny regular expressions code) mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2014-10-20 20:19 +0200
                Re: The magical number seven Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2014-10-21 08:56 +0200
                Re: The magical number seven Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-10-21 11:44 +0200
                Re: The magical number seven (was: Tiny regular expressions code) Just Ian <superian@gmail.com> - 2014-10-21 07:06 -0700
                Re: The magical number seven (was: Tiny regular expressions code) mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2014-10-21 20:11 +0200
                Re: The magical number seven Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-10-26 04:27 -0500
              Re: The magical number seven (was: Tiny regular expressions code) Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-20 17:28 +0200
                Re: The magical number seven (was: Tiny regular expressions code) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-10-20 16:25 +0000
                Re: The magical number seven (was: Tiny regular expressions code) "Rod Pemberton" <buzzoff@nonamewhichexists.cmm> - 2014-10-20 16:36 -0400
                Re: The magical number seven "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-10-20 12:19 -1000
                Re: The magical number seven "Rod Pemberton" <buzzoff@nonamewhichexists.cmm> - 2014-10-21 01:47 -0400
                Re: The magical number seven "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-10-20 20:31 -1000
                Re: The magical number seven albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-10-21 09:06 +0000
                Re: The magical number seven "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-10-21 08:47 -1000
                Re: The magical number seven "Rod Pemberton" <buzzoff@nonamewhichexists.cmm> - 2014-10-22 02:21 -0400
                Re: The magical number seven (was: Tiny regular expressions code) Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-21 10:29 +0200
                Re: The magical number seven (was: Tiny regular expressions code) Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-10-21 11:34 +0200
                Re: The magical number seven Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-10-26 04:41 -0500
                Re: The magical number seven Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-26 12:07 +0100
                Re: The magical number seven Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-10-26 13:58 -0500
                Re: The magical number seven (was: Tiny regular expressions code) hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-10-20 16:34 -0700
                Re: The magical number seven Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-10-26 04:33 -0500
                Re: The magical number seven Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-26 12:12 +0100
              Re: The magical number seven Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-10-26 04:24 -0500
          Re: Tiny regular expressions code mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2014-10-19 17:10 +0200
      Re: Tiny regular expressions code Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-18 16:02 +0200
        Re: Tiny regular expressions code josv@planet.nl - 2014-10-18 07:50 -0700
  Re: Tiny regular expressions code Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-10-18 17:27 +0200
  Re: Tiny regular expressions code the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2014-11-08 19:24 -0800
  Re: Tiny regular expressions code the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2014-11-08 20:42 -0800

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