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echo: c_plusplus
to: JAVIER KOHEN
from: JERRY COFFIN
date: 1997-08-15 19:01:00
subject: C++ or ASM?

On (11 Aug 97) Javier Kohen wrote to Cameron Clark...
 JK> Yeah, fine, I knew it. I was complaining about cast's cosmetics :-)
 JK> In C, I would have written just "scr = (volatile char *) 0xA0000000;",
 JK> about half the size.
It's more or less intentional that casts are bulky and ugly; this tends
to encourage people to find alternatives.  If an alternative to casting
exists, it's usually an improvement.
    Later,
    Jerry.
... The Universe is a figment of its own imagination.
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