Re: no generic user functions

From: "David Frank" <dave_frank@hotmail.com>, Road Runner High Speed Online http:/
/www.rr.com
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 14:21:14 GMT
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| I just responded over in comp.lang.fortran to below user complaint,
| afaik, no such demo of PL/I ability to create generic functions exists in
| the newsgroup archive..
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That's because you didn't search for the appropriate word.
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As you well know, generic user procedures have been demonstrated
here on more than one occasion.  They have been part of the PL/I
language since 1966.
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To find out what is in the language, you need to RTM --
not a newsgroup.

"robin" <robin_v@bigpond.mapson.com> wrote in message
news:P6amd.37463$K7.18477@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> From: "David Frank" <dave_frank@hotmail.com>, Road Runner High Speed
> Online http://www.rr.com
> Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 14:21:14 GMT
> .
> | I just responded over in comp.lang.fortran to below user complaint,
> | afaik, no such demo of PL/I ability to create generic functions exists
> in
> | the newsgroup archive..
> .
> That's because you didn't search for the appropriate word.
> .
> As you well know, generic user procedures have been demonstrated
> here on more than one occasion.  They have been part of the PL/I
> language since 1966.
> .
> To find out what is in the language, you need to RTM --
> not a newsgroup.

Does anyone know what appropriate word he's talking about that
leads to a "more than one occasion" demo in a archive search?

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:29:16 GMT, David Frank wrote:

> "robin" <robin_v@bigpond.mapson.com> wrote in message
> news:P6amd.37463$K7.18477@news-server.bigpond.net.au... 
>
> Does anyone know what appropriate word he's talking about that
> leads to a "more than one occasion" demo in a archive search?

"XXXXwit" would probably do the trick. You'd find it in the archives of
this group pretty often.

--
Tim C.