one large array in Pascal

[Henry Spencer]

In article <1268 at mcgill-vision.UUCP> mouse at mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes:
>I know of at least one which isn't: TeX.
>
>Why did Knuth do it this way?  I can only guess; I would guess that
>it's for some portability reason I am not aware of.

Well, a friend of mine who visited there in TeX's early days said, "those
people know *nothing* about portability".  Undoubtedly they've learned
since, but don't overlook the possibility that this is a historical relic
rather than something done after knowledgeable consideration of the
alternatives.
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