Hi, all!
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:02, Jarvis Badgley wrote:
IIRC, Fortran and Pascal both have the same operators, as do most
scripting languages.
Not so at least in Pascal. Indeed, when there was discussion
about extensions to Pascal when a new compiler was starting
development a few years ago, many contributors strenuously resisted C
and C++ additions* like the increment and decrement operators;
multiple inheritance; and function and procedure overloading. I
recall the resistance prevailed.
-- Charles.
Footnote
* Sorry about the pun.
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