Pearson eText for Concepts of Programming Languages -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
Pearson eText for Concepts of Programming Languages -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
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Author: Robert Sebesta
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Lack of orthogonality in the design of C:

Orthogonality means the primitive constructs of a programming language can be combined in all possible ways without any exceptions.

Lack of orthogonality in the programming languages will lead to exceptions, which will make the programming language difficult to learn...

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