Re: New Book: The School of Niklaus Wirth

Gabor DEAK JAHN <djg@argus.vki.bke.hu>
11 Nov 2000 10:02:18 -0500

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From: Gabor DEAK JAHN <djg@argus.vki.bke.hu>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 11 Nov 2000 10:02:18 -0500
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 00-11-046
Keywords: books, Pascal
Posted-Date: 11 Nov 2000 10:02:18 EST

At 11/09/2000 12:09, you wrote:


Dear Listfolk,


> >One more Pascal pet peeve, why is there no unsigned
> >integer (one of my biggest pet peeves)?


Why should Pascal *as a language* have signed and unsigned integers of
various flavors? The standard calls for a single integer type as a starting
point but based on this, it is possible and very easy to define any subrange
type, either signed or unsigned, by the compiler or by you in your own
programs.


That having said, as far as I know, all contemporary Pascal compilers do
have unsigned longs.




Regards,


Gabor DEAK JAHN


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