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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: In how many ways should this fail? |
| Date | 2012-01-31 19:42 -0800 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnmx93w76y.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> (permalink) |
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"BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> "Ben Bacarisse" <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote in message
> news:0.e5f0e9b80e794db35f9e.20120131135739GMT.87fwewq8j0.fsf@bsb.me.uk...
>> "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>
>>> (I would write the formal syntax as just:
>>>
>>> expr ? expr : expr
>
>> Your example says less. Until you say how you would convey all the
>> information conveyed by C's grammar, there is no fair comparison.
>
> If it had to exactly model the way C does it, that might be true.
And that's exactly what the C standard has to do.
> But I
> think C has too many restrictions. Also it's not really that readable unless
> accompanied by explanatory notes. In that case you might as well express it
> less formally.
Are you talking about C, or about some hypothetical other language with
a grammar more to your liking? If the former, you're mistaken. If the
latter, why are you discussing it here?
Can you at least make it clear what you're talking about?
[...]
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Will write code for food.
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
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Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-31 17:39 +0000
Re: In how many ways should this fail? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-31 19:42 -0800
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Re: In how many ways should this fail? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-02-01 08:14 -0500
Re: In how many ways should this fail? Philip Lantz <prl@canterey.us> - 2012-02-01 00:04 -0800
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Re: In how many ways should this fail? Devil with the China Blue Dress <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-31 06:45 -0800
Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-31 17:34 +0000
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Re: In how many ways should this fail? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-31 19:29 -0800
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Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-30 18:21 +0000
Re: In how many ways should this fail? Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-01-30 20:15 +0100
Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-30 19:32 +0000
Re: In how many ways should this fail? Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-01-30 21:01 +0100
Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-30 20:22 +0000
Re: In how many ways should this fail? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-30 12:56 -0800
Re: In how many ways should this fail? blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2012-01-30 10:07 -0800
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