Comments on: Dereferencing operators http://www.drmaciver.com/2008/01/dereferencing-operators/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:56:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: helium http://www.drmaciver.com/2008/01/dereferencing-operators/#comment-126 helium Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:35:00 +0000 http://www.drmaciver.com/wordpress/?p=78#comment-126 In C and C++ you use * to dereference. In C and C++ you use * to dereference.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.drmaciver.com/2008/01/dereferencing-operators/#comment-98 Kevin Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:45:00 +0000 http://www.drmaciver.com/wordpress/?p=78#comment-98 In <a HREF="http://www.erights.org/" REL="nofollow">E</a>, we currently use foo[], which is just the subscript operator with no arguments. That is, a slot (cell, mutable or not) is essentially a zero-dimensional collection.<br/><br/>(foo[bar...] is syntactic sugar for foo.get(bar...).) In E, we currently use foo[], which is just the subscript operator with no arguments. That is, a slot (cell, mutable or not) is essentially a zero-dimensional collection.

(foo[bar...] is syntactic sugar for foo.get(bar…).)

]]> By: Pseudonym http://www.drmaciver.com/2008/01/dereferencing-operators/#comment-97 Pseudonym Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:04:00 +0000 http://www.drmaciver.com/wordpress/?p=78#comment-97 BLISS used a dot, which is interesting. Mind you, it didn't have modules.<br/><br/>X = .Y BLISS used a dot, which is interesting. Mind you, it didn’t have modules.

X = .Y

]]> By: David R. MacIver http://www.drmaciver.com/2008/01/dereferencing-operators/#comment-96 David R. MacIver Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:41:00 +0000 http://www.drmaciver.com/wordpress/?p=78#comment-96 The problem I had with -> which caused me to dismiss it is that it looks very directional. So if I see x -> I wonder what x is pointing to. :-) The problem I had with -> which caused me to dismiss it is that it looks very directional. So if I see x -> I wonder what x is pointing to. :-)

]]> By: andy_f http://www.drmaciver.com/2008/01/dereferencing-operators/#comment-95 andy_f Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:39:00 +0000 http://www.drmaciver.com/wordpress/?p=78#comment-95 The association with Perl makes me wince, but how about -> The association with Perl makes me wince, but how about ->

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