Re: C++ on the Down Slope?

[Martin <martin@thedowies.com>]

On Jan 11, 4:28 pm, Bill Findlay <yaldni...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
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> 2a3f7ec1-d3a3-4d2d-a20e-fc9dc7455...@o14g2000vbo.googlegroups.com, "Martin"
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> <mar...@thedowies.com> wrote:
> > On Jan 11, 1:26 pm, Georg Bauhaus <rm.dash-bauh...@futureapps.de>
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> >> On 11.01.12 12:50, Martin wrote:
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> >>> C/C++/Objective-C - I can see why they get grouped. C/C++/C# - I just
> >>> can't...
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> >> Part of the reason why C# is sometimes counted among the
> >> nominal C languages is deliberate, I think: choosing the letter
> >> C blends optimally with Microsoft's language marketing initiatives.
> >> They have always known how to attract by assimilating popular ideas
> >> into their offerings.  Popularity correlates with an increase in
> >> likelihood of programmers taking curly braces for a sign of
> >> C quality.
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> >> The reason that Netscape's browser based Lisp was named
> >> Javascript and the reason why it is using C style syntax,
> >> too, is similar; that's a fact insofar as some Netscape official
> >> once explained it this way, though I haven't got a link handy, sorry.
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> >> Suppose A# wouldn't have all this 'Ref nonsense... :-)
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> > Anyone for Cada?...
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> > #define { begin
> > #define } end;
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> > and away we go!!! :-)
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> The original Bourne shell was written in pseudo-Algol 68, using exactly that
> 'technique', but going in the opposite direction:
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> #define begin {
> #define end   }
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> No, really.


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