Re: [ANN] Squirrel yet another scripting language

Peter Ashford <me@here.there.com>
22 Sep 2003 23:40:04 -0400

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From: Peter Ashford <me@here.there.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers,comp.games.development.programming.misc
Date: 22 Sep 2003 23:40:04 -0400
Organization: Xtra
References: 03-09-048 03-09-053
Keywords: design, interpreter
Posted-Date: 22 Sep 2003 23:40:03 EDT

> Looks a bit like NewtonScript / JavaScript. I have to ask why you chose C
> style loops instead of something like:
>
> for i in 1..10 { } or something similar. C style loops are so cryptic.


If you think of how many C, C++ and Java programmers are out there,
you'll come to realise that quite a few people don't find them crypitc
at all.


Peter.



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