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From: Philip Potter on 12 Mar 2010 12:17 On 12/03/2010 13:05, Nick Keighley wrote: > On 10 Mar, 20:39, J�rgen Exner <jurge...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Actually C pointers are probably among the worst concepts ever invented >> in computer science. > > now there's a challenge. Who are the other competitors? > > - FORTRAN computed goto > - FORTRAN fixed layout > - Algol-60 free layout > - Algol-60 call by name > - Pascal with > - C declaration syntax > - C++ template syntax > - C++ exception specification > - PL/I COME FROM. |