Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: mac Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Add nested-function support in a language the based on a stack-machine Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:27:17 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 10 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <18-03-083@comp.compilers> References: <6effed5e-6c90-f5f4-0c80-a03c61fd2127@gkc.org.uk> <18-03-042@comp.compilers> <18-03-047@comp.compilers> <18-03-075@comp.compilers> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="25458"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: code, design Posted-Date: 20 Mar 2018 12:35:34 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:2017 > and Algol 60 was "not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also > on nearly all its successors" (C.A.R. Hoare). > How many modern languages can claim the same? C. For a while I would have allowed C++ as an exception, but that went away with cfront. Still not sure about go. [Your moderator reminds you that he has very little patience for yet more arguments about why C is a good or a bad language. -John]