Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
From: teig@autro1.UUCP (Oyvind Teig)
Subject: SPOC - initiated questions about occam
Organization: Autronica A/S, Trondheim, Norway
Date: 29 Apr 94 06:27:27 GMT
Message-ID: <171@autro1.UUCP>

SPOC (Southampton Portable Occam Compiler)
In the article about it, fetched from Hensa, in the abstract part it says:

"..since occam supports many features that have no direct equivalent in C.
 These features include concurrency, nested procedure definitions and a
 static variable chain."

Q1.  Nested procedure definitions.
     Occam has it. C doesn't (?).
     Pascal has it. Does C++?
Q2.  Is it "good programming" to use nested procedures in occam?
Q2b. In case used (in occam), should all parameters be parameterized?
     (Readability, safety, movability in source)
Q3.  Static variable chain. What is it?`Is it the prossibility to define
     variables anywhere in code? C++ has it, doesn't it?

0yvind Teig Autronica Trondheim Norway

