Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: gcc needs a curly bracket matching/counting function Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:41:46 -0800 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e647705ee050c178d8090e6d328af466"; logging-data="26696"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18Lt3YSsblWLLQMyIrLyoka" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:aFp/AhFEumts/G+9FdQTiAZGUuQ= sha1:A8XRIJ/ov6LfgZ95apTJ50gm0t4= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:99998 BartC writes: [...] > There's no solution that involves fixing the language as it's far too > late. I'm glad you realize that. > But it would nice if someone would agree once in a while that > there might be some issues with the design of the language. Apparently you haven't been paying attention. Yes, there are issues with the design of the language; nobody denies that. There are design decisions that, with the benefit of hindsight, I would have made differently. I, and others, have discussed at considerable length ways to deal with C's very real problems, such as using a consistent brace style even though the language doesn't require it. Are you happy now? [...] -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc. "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this." -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"