Subj : Translating CASE from BASIC to C++
To : Mike Luther
From : Eddy Thilleman
Date : Fri Feb 16 2001 12:20 am
Hello Mike,
Tuesday 13 February 2001 23:13, Mike Luther wrote to Eddy Thilleman:
ML> Yes, it does. Therefore, reducing it to numeric logic isn't quite as
ML> easy as i the comparison could be determined at compile time. That
ML> would be easy (I think!) Simply switch the logic to numeric to start
ML> with and forget text! After all, integer operations are, I guess, at
ML> this level about as fast and efficient as you can get! As a matter of
ML> fact, from what littleI know, long integers, in some cases, may be
ML> even as good or better than short ones..
If you can put multiple chars inside one long integer, I guess...
ET>> Concerning cross-compability at source code level: only use
ET>> documented standard elements which behave the same with all compilers
ET>> on all platforms (but I think you already know that).
ML> Oh yes... I'm horribly trying to keep the portability issue in front
ML> of me at all times, but learning is expensive... ;)
Keeping cross-compability prevents you from using specific advantages of
specific platforms, but you can include specific code for specific platforms
inside IFDEF...ELSE...ENDIF (or ENDDEF, I don't remember exactly) compiler
directive's testing for the target platform. So if you can use advantages of a
platform with just localized code inside IFDEF...ELSE...ENDIF compiler
directive's, why not? :)
Greetings -=Eddy=-
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