The first requirement for any new language, is that it is able
to compile our current sources, and preferably adding a benefit
while doing so (better diagnostics, style(9) warnings or similar)
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Re: GMP vs. straight C arithmetic ...ordinary data structures that don't impose an additonal performance ... Side-effects are another crucial part of the language.... > Take the tree structure example I gave earlier. ... determined at compile time, is this a compile time error? ... (comp.programming)
Re: dynamic vs. static: the age-old debate ... necessary to compile a program, ... inseparably related to either dynamic or static typing,... otherwise static language, and with similar effort, can write a largely ... I have the feeling you are not separating semantics and implementation; ... (comp.lang.misc)
Re: c#.net or vb.net ... Both C# and VB.NET compile to the _same_ IL don't they? ...developers using any particular development tool might make the body of code ... for a particular project doesn't make the language itself more "powerful," ... although that situation might make it more popular.... (microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcad)
Re: Any experience with "The Last One"? ... Certainly strong typing is a skill that should be understood. ... Smalltalk might be a good first language.... > I've been doing some Python lately,... most experienced programmers know that a clean compile is no ... (comp.lang.c)
