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From: fir <fir@grunge.pl>
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Subject: Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:46:52 +0200
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 12:40:39 +0200, fir wrote:
>
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> Somehow along the line from BCPL to B to C, one useful feature was
>>> lost: the ability to have a value-returning statement block inside an
>>> expression.
>>>
>> if so thats probably sad, though i dont know how it looked like
>
> The construct looks like
>
>      VALOF $( ... «stmts»; RESULTIS «return-value» $)
>

it is good to things return value and good to be able to combine it

as i sait for example i consider such loops

10'x   //ten tiem execute x

print (10'x+=x)/10

would be equivalent of

for(int i=0; i<10; i++) x+=x;
print(x/10)

(and its still c, just with shorted syntax not python et sort)