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Re:Cppfront, Herb Sutter's proposal for a new C++ syntax by mgraczyk on Saturday September 17, 2022 @04:31PM (#32881290)
Most new languages use postfix types. I grew up using C and C++, but now that I've learned and use Python with types and Typescript, I'm used to and prefer postfix syntax
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Re:Cppfront, Herb Sutter's proposal for a new C++ syntax by uwagar on Saturday September 17, 2022 @04:39PM (#32881355)
shouldnt it then be?

i: int 0 = ;

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Re:Cppfront, Herb Sutter's proposal for a new C++ syntax by mgraczyk on Saturday September 17, 2022 @04:48PM (#32881435)
No, it should read grammatically as English.

int x = 0 "There is an integer x with value 0"

x: int = 0 "x is an integer with value 0"

x: int 0 = "x is an integer that is zero valued"

The last one is awkward, the first one is harder to read.

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Re:Cppfront, Herb Sutter's proposal for a new C++ syntax by tsimionescu on Sunday September 18, 2022 @02:16AM (#32884911)
They said postfix types, not postfix syntax.
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