Re: initialize an array (1-D) at elaboration using an expression based on the index?

[Shark8 <onewingedshark@gmail.com>]

On Oct 31, 6:45 pm, Phil Clayton <phil.clay...@lineone.net> wrote:
> On Oct 31, 6:47 pm, Shark8 <onewingedsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ah, if you think that'll trigger "drowning in parentheses"-fear then
> > you should probably stay away from LISP.
>
> I do.  On the subject of LISP, I saw a great talk recently on Clojure
> (think LISP on JVM) containing what is now one of my all time
> favourite slides:http://blog.fogus.me/2010/10/25/fertile-ground-the-roots-of-clojure/
> Go to slide 21 (of 75).

Heh; slightly amusing.

> > As for a better syntax, I'm not sure; but then again I'm not sure that
> > an "x:= y if b else z"-style of expression is actually needed given
> > that we have declare-blocks.
>
> Are loop statements actually needed given the presence of conditional
> statements and goto statements? :)

Well, since we started talking about LISP, strictly-speaking no, you
don't need loops.
While LISP is a bit different and parenthesis-heavy, it is certainly a
high-level language;
that you need to use a different style of thinking than you're used to
is slightly irrelevant.

C & C++ have loops but some VERY good arguments can be made that they
are *NOT* high-level languages;
that there are a significant portion of C programmers who recognize C
as "basically assembler with
some syntax-sugar" reinforces such an assertion. {That same group is
quite likely to have the idea
that C is better for systems-programming because it is law-level.}