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Another defence of enumerated types

Markku Sakkinen

subject

Symbolic programmingEnumerated typeProgramming languageComputer scienceComparison of multi-paradigm programming languagesNatural language programmingSecond-generation programming languageProgramming language generationscomputer.software_genreComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignVery high-level programming languageThird-generation programming languageLanguage primitiveHigh-level programming languageProgramming language specificationProgramming paradigmFourth-generation programming languageFifth-generation programming languagecomputerLow-level programming languageSoftwareProgramming language theory

description

I claim that enumerations, while of course not strictly necessary, are an elegant and useful facility in modern programming languages. I try to show that arguments recently given against them are weak at best and bogus a t worst, for general-purpose programming. Some related issues on types in programming languages are touched as well. These make it even more questionable whether Oberon marks progress or regress in language design.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1991-08-01ACM SIGPLAN Notices
https://doi.org/10.1145/122598.122600