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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Integral types and own type definitions (was Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?)
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:56:35 -0700
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Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:
> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [ .... ]
>
>> I don't know of any language that uses "-" for both negation (prefix,
>> one operand) and subtraction (infix, two operands) and treats -5
>> as a single token rather than a unary minus operator applied to the
>> constant/literal "5".
>
> How about Lisp?  The unary operator is (- 5), the binary (- 10 5).
>
> It doesn't match your second parenthetical remark ("infix") but
> otherwise it does.

I know about Lisp.  It doesn't match my description, for the reasons
you pointed out.  It use of -5 as a single token doesn't present the
problems it would in a more C-like language.

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-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */