RE: RPG to C and C's stupid concept of widening data types

Except that it is only C and it's derivatives (including interpretive
languages based on C) that adopt these peculiarities. RPG, COBOL, PL/1
and a bunch of other unrelated languages all behave more like each

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Besides, surely it makes much more sense to consume 2 bytes to hold
the current length than constantly having to scan for a magic end-of-
string marker? I've been told that C only does it that way because it

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Ah, but nothing about C is cool--it's an appalling language for almost
any task.

This coming from someone who claims not to want another language war. :)
Sheesh!

However, you have not addressed any of the questions in my original
append. Do you have any information regarding those?

No, I saw a lot of rant in the message, so I sought to soothe the savage
beast. I'm sorry to see the effort was futile.

By the way: the word "it's" is a contraction meaning "it is." When you want
to write "pertaining to it" or "belonging to it," et cetra, please drop the
apostrophe.


Dennis Lovelady
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