> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf
> Of Alexandre Guimar=E3es
> Sent: 09 October 2008 14:26
> To: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'
> Subject: RES: RES: [PIC] Is there a IN statement
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> Hi,
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> >Always write the constant first. 5=3D=3Dy is valid, 5=3Dy is not
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> 	I do that ! My point is that we are in the 21st century :-) That
> should not be necessary. The compiler should take care of it. We do not
> think with the constant first. We need to make it that way because the
> language syntax is not good enough to catch "typo's" !

The compiler does take care of it by providing a warning (unless it's a rea=
lly poor compiler); if you choose it ignore it that is your choice.  Why sh=
ould the language have to change to the point of losing backwards compatibi=
lity?

I guess the point that many people seem to miss is that as high level langu=
ages go, C is not very high at all. Many people consider it more a mid leve=
l language, certainly a sizeable step up from assembler, but it does not pr=
ovide the abstraction that true HLL's do.

Mike

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