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Date: | 2000-11-11 (16:19) |
From: | John Max Skaller <skaller@o...> |
Subject: | Re: fixed length arrays as types |
Xavier Leroy wrote: > To me, having array sizes in the array types is mostly a left-over > from languages where the compiler needs to treat static or > stack-allocated arrays differently than dynamically-allocated arrays. I'm not sure I can agree: I think the failure of functional languages to cope with array sizes is simply due to a lack of theory. See http://www-staff.socs.uts.edu.au/~cbj. -- John (Max) Skaller, mailto:skaller@maxtal.com.au 10/1 Toxteth Rd Glebe NSW 2037 Australia voice: 61-2-9660-0850 checkout Vyper http://Vyper.sourceforge.net download Interscript http://Interscript.sourceforge.net