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From: Victor A. Wagner, Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-19 10:21:41
At Saturday 2003-07-19 07:24, you wrote:
>I've added the entry below to the Boost.Threads bibliography page in CVS.
>I also added the Wirth quote to the FAQ: "semaphores ... are not suitable
>for higher level languages."
Wirth also designed a language (called Pascal) in which the switch/case
statement had NO default, and defended it for years, mayhaps he was also in
error about semaphores.
Victor A. Wagner Jr. http://rudbek.com
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"There oughta be a law"
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