Few mixed things

[Derek Parnell]

On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:55:03 +0000 (UTC), BCS wrote:

> /**/ has well defined semantics,

 ... in the C programming language ...

> changing it will cause problems that replacing it will not.

The "well defined semantics" are not god-given axioms, or to rephrase it,
because something is 'thus' in C does not mean that it must also be 'thus'
in any other programming language.

For something to be in a programming language, it needs to be justified on
its own terms rather than only using precedent as its rationale to exist.

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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
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