Re: [C--] C-- development

Hendrik Boom scripsit:

> Algol 68 array elements are not necessarily spaced apart by a multiple
> of the size of an element.

That's a bad idea: on some platforms performance will go to hell if
you attempt unaligned array accesses, and on others it simply will not
work at all.  Furthermore, you won't be able to interoperate with other
languages on the same platform, which is a recipe for language death --
"something humorous, but lingering, with either boiling oil or melted
lead", as the Mikado says.

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