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Re:Show HN: The C3 programming language (C alternative langu... by sfpotter on Thursday April 03, 2025 @05:25PM (#43575638)
This is the kind of thing I don't want to have to think about as a programmer. The compiler should just make it work.
Re:Show HN: The C3 programming language (C alternative langu... by lerno on Thursday April 03, 2025 @08:22PM (#43577031)
But you have to. Ambiguities hint at lack of redundancies that also affects code reading. When you quickly scan something like `file.open` vs `file::open` the former is also more unclear to a reader without more context.