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On 25 Sep 2024 04:38:54 GMT
rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
 
> That sums it up. I've heard Wirth's languages described as programs
> that are designed to tell secrets to themselves.

That's a marvelous description, although it fails to really capture the
perversity of things like array-size-as-type-distinction; when a man
introduces language features that practically every single third-party
implementor has to provide their own workaround for, you know you've
found a Truly Special Genius.