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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Program to sort three integers |
| Date | 2015-11-10 09:11 -0800 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <ln4mgtvkxf.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink) |
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raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) writes:
> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> wrote:
>> (As I've probably mentioned too many times, in my dream language objects
>> would be read-only by default, and you'd have to add a keyword if you
>> want to be able to change them after initialization.)
>
> That's academically desirable, but I'm afraid that in the real world
> that would apply to most objects you use, and therefore, be a pain in
> the fundament (and therefore, your language would go unused).
You may be right -- but I've often found that most of the objects
I define don't change their values after they're initialized.
This assumes that you can define them only after you have enough
information to compute their initial values; the ability to mix
declarations and statements makes this much easier.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
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Re: Program to sort three integers Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-06 19:17 +0000
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Re: Program to sort three integers Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-07 01:01 -0800
Re: Program to sort three integers "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-11-06 11:48 -0800
Re: Program to sort three integers David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-06 23:15 +0100
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Re: Program to sort three integers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-06 15:57 -0800
Re: Program to sort three integers Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> - 2015-11-06 22:33 +0000
Re: Program to sort three integers Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-06 16:39 +0000
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Re: Program to sort three integers "Bill Davy" <Bill@SynectixLtd.com> - 2015-11-06 18:30 +0000
Re: Program to sort three integers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-06 11:36 -0800
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Re: Program to sort three integers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-06 12:52 -0800
Re: Program to sort three integers Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-11-09 13:36 +0000
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Re: Program to sort three integers raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-11-10 16:56 +0000
Re: Program to sort three integers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-10 09:11 -0800
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Re: Program to sort three integers bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-11-11 23:50 +0100
Re: Program to sort three integers Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-06 22:52 +0000
Re: Program to sort three integers Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-07 01:17 +0000
Re: Program to sort three integers Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-07 01:24 -0800
Re: Program to sort three integers Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2015-11-07 02:04 -0800
Re: Program to sort three integers Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-07 00:57 -0800
Re: Program to sort three integers Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-11-06 10:14 -0800
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Re: Program to sort three integers Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-06 11:22 -0800
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