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Re:The Idea of Lisp by theseoafs on Friday December 16, 2016 @01:46PM (#13195625)
`void` in C does not have a value. You can't make a variable and put a void in it because there is no such object as "void".
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Re:The Idea of Lisp by Ericson2314 on Saturday December 17, 2016 @10:18AM (#13200989)
That is an artificial restriction if C. Also see how ! In Rust is also loosing it's artificial restrictions.
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Re:The Idea of Lisp by lomnakkus on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @06:16AM (#13218916)
Indeed, and there has been some talk of removing this restriction in C++ because it makes certain kinds of metaprogramming a lot more cumbersome than they should be.
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Re:The Idea of Lisp by jimktrains2 on Friday December 16, 2016 @03:51PM (#13196689)
Yes, and () isn't void; the poster above me is wrong. Void is...the absence of a type? It's awkward.

However, () and Unit are.

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