From: marcov@stack.nl
On 2005-02-23, RadSurfer wrote:
> TP / BP / Free Pascal / havent tried GPC yet...
> seem to be able to parse numerical data from text files, but not string
> data...
Well that is strange, since e.g. Free Pascal is a compiler written in itself
(Pascal) that parses source code, which is a pretty complex combination of
strings.
> I have ran all kinds of tests lately to see what kinds of tasks I would
> assign to Pascal... and its clever at avoiding numerical ascii data if all
> you attempt to read in is "Strings"; but should you attempt to mix Strings
> and Numerical Data (that is using digits, periods, etc) then enormous
> problems arise.
>
> read(f, Int, Str, Sing); //Integer, String, Single, NOPE!! Can't be
> done!
I'm still waiting for your answer to my question how this can be done, the
last time you asked this question.
A read on a string is defined till the end of the line. How would you
define where the "str" ends and "sing" starts?
> Strangely enough, using Free Pascal, C1 : Array[1..10] of Chars
> likewise for C2, C3, worked in
> Read(F, C1, C2, C3); but FAILS when merely declared as Strings, I
> have
> no idea why.
That's because you say in the declaration of C1 very precisely that you
want 10 chars. Exactly 10 chars, no problem to determine where it ends.
> What is the most popular programming language TODAY ?
Mathlab, VB and Java. C# quickly rising.
> I would say "C/C++" because of its enormous versatility and extremely
> powerful abilities... but thats me.
C is only used for embedded use, and the deepest parts of operating systems.
There is some usage of C with Unix, but that is out of historical purposes,
not because it is so great, and it is loosing that stronghold too.
C++ is only used to accelerate libraries that are too slow in one of the
above languages. It is to tedious and complicated to devel entire
applications in.
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