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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: technology discussion =?utf-8?Q?=E2=86=92?= does the world need a "new" C ?
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Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> writes:
> BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> writes:
>> On 7/5/2024 5:40 PM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
[...]
>> Whole language design is still a hypothetical at this point anyways (and my
>> actual compiler does support multidimensional arrays).
>
> Ah.  I think that when you've written most of it, you will see that
> ruling out arrays of arrays will have not simplifying effect.

Indeed.  I believe (based on no direct experience) that you could write
a fully conforming C compiler without even thinking about
multidimensional arrays, and if you get the array code right,
multidimensional arrays will just work.

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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 */