Re:Steve Jobs, NeXTSTEP, and Early Object-Oriented Programming
by Aeglaecia on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @05:14PM
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surely after 20 years this already exists , someone posted a header the other day that makes c syntax python like , macros are enough to accomplish what youre describing? i dont perceive it as efficient to force codebase contributors to relearn their ingrained language syntax , possibly more efficient for those having newly learned a language tho ...
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Re:Steve Jobs, NeXTSTEP, and Early Object-Oriented Programming
by cxr on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @11:18PM
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> i dont perceive it as efficient to force codebase contributors to relearn their ingrained language syntax
That's why it's important that the transformation be reversible and what the gofmt-like code formatters are for.