Re: What attributes of a programming language simplify its use?

gah4 <gah4@u.washington.edu>
Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:00:56 -0800 (PST)

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From: gah4 <gah4@u.washington.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:00:56 -0800 (PST)
Organization: Compilers Central
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Posted-Date: 12 Dec 2022 11:49:11 EST
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On Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 10:28:44 AM UTC-8, Keith Thompson wrote:


(big snip)


> (I'm not arguing that C's integer type system isn't overly complicated.)


One reason for that, as noted above, is reserved words.


Adding new reserved words risks invalidating existing programs.


I do notice that Java has a reserved word "goto" without a defined use.
Someone was planning ahead.


C could have reserved some words for future use, if someone thought about it.


So adding new types is complicated.
[I think this is where you use #pragma to say which new keywords you're
using. Yes, it's a kludge. -John]

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