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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: question about linker
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 04:25:24 +0100
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On 30.11.2024 02:28, Keith Thompson wrote:
> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>> [...]
>> I can tell that in my syntax, function definitions start with a line
>> like this ([...] means optional; | separates choices):
>>
>>   ['global'|'export'] 'func'|'proc' name ...
>>
>> Which one do you think would be easier? (Function declarations are
>> generally not used.)
> 
> I don't care.
> 
> Yes, languages than C can have better declaration syntax than C does
> (where "better" is clearly subjective).  Perhaps yours does.  [...]

From the various bits and pieces spread around I saw that Bart had
obviously adopted many syntactical elements of Algol 68, and I wonder
why he hadn't used just this language (or any "better" language than
"C") if he dislikes it so much that he even implemented own languages.
But okay.

Janis