Re: [ANN] Squirrel yet another scripting language

"Joachim Durchholz" <joachim.durchholz@web.de> wrote in message
> Corey Murtagh wrote:
> > C-style for statements are very easy to parse,
>
> Agreed.


This is the problem.. languages should be written for the user, not the
machine. A higher level language should be a translator from human thought
to machine code.


for( int i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) cout << i << endl;
for i in range( 1..10 ): print i, '\n'
(1..10) do: [ :i | Tr write: i; cr. ].
for i in 1..10 do puts( i ) end
1..10 do: i | puts: i


The last example is a mixture of Python, Smalltalk and Ruby, something
I have been working on. The fewer the symbols and repeated typing the
better -- up to a point of course.


I've been coding with C for over 10 years. (almost bought a C compiler
for my C-64), and C++ for almost as long. I don't have a probem wth C
style loops, but they are simply not as clear as other syntax.


Mike
[Right. This is DEFINITELY the last syntax theology message. -John]

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