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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int'
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cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) writes:

> In article <86y0hvt1kz.fsf@linuxsc.com>,
> Tim Rentsch  <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
>
>> cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) writes:
>>
>>> In article <10thrud$1v1r3$1@dont-email.me>, Bart  <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 07/05/2026 04:02, Dan Cross wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I dunno, how about a written description of this language of
>>>>> yours and its semantics?
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/sal55/langs/tree/master/MLanguage
>>>>
>>>> (Against my better judgement, as I can't imagine any circumstances
>>>> in which you are going to have anything positive to say about it,
>>>> it will be just be fuel for more cutting remarks.)
>>>
>>> I like that it is expression-oriented.  It was clearly inspired
>>> by (at least) ML, which is a sound basis for a language design.
>>
>> What makes you think the language was inspired by ML?  I
>> didn't notice any resemblance.
>
> In retrospect, I think it was mostly superficial similarities in
> syntax.  `func foo(n) = ... end` is visually similar to
> `fun foo n = ...`.
>
> But I think I was too quick to assume a connection, and that
> that it is just coincidence.

Yes, after reading your other posting I see what happened.