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Re:Cppfront, Herb Sutter's proposal for a new C++ syntax by thechao on Saturday September 17, 2022 @12:15PM (#32878681)
I used to code for a language called "Spad" — originally shipped in 1972(?). The syntax:

    x : t = e
Was called "headform" and was the only syntactic form for the whole language. (Expressions used a shunting yard algorithm to desugar into a sequence of headform.)

The language included modules, classes, parameterics, functions, constraints, ..., whatever.

Re:Cppfront, Herb Sutter's proposal for a new C++ syntax by naruhodo on Saturday September 17, 2022 @09:31PM (#32883489)
Well, everything looks like a pile of dirt when the only tool you have is a Spad.

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