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A comment on Cppfront, Herb Sutter's proposal for a new C++ syntax. Parent comment

Re:Cppfront, Herb Sutter's proposal for a new C++ syntax by oblio on Saturday September 17, 2022 @05:09PM (#32881595)
The "new" way is basically updated Pascal, which was the right way to do it, from back in the 80's.

Similar story with C strings vs Pascal strings, another can of worms.

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Re:Cppfront, Herb Sutter's proposal for a new C++ syntax by int_19h on Sunday September 18, 2022 @07:09PM (#32892345)
And the "old" way is basically Algol-60, which was what Pascal improved on.
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Re:Cppfront, Herb Sutter's proposal for a new C++ syntax by oblio on Sunday September 18, 2022 @07:41PM (#32892517)
True, but C missed the memo, unfortunately.
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