Re: What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language

2006-06-22 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
George Neuner sez: > On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:12:48 + (UTC), Dimitri Maziuk ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>George Neuner sez: >>> On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:02:55 + (UTC), Dimitri Maziuk >>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>>Y

Re: What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language

2006-06-21 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
George Neuner sez: > On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:02:55 + (UTC), Dimitri Maziuk ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Yet Another Dan sez: >> >>... Requiring an array index to be an integer is considered a typing >>> problem because it can be checked based

Re: What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language

2006-06-19 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
Yet Another Dan sez: ... Requiring an array index to be an integer is considered a typing > problem because it can be checked based on only the variable itself, > whereas checking whether it's in bounds requires knowledge about the array. You mean like subtype MyArrayIndexType is INTEGER 7 ..