Re: Switching to C#

From	David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: Switching to C#
Date	2019-06-15 09:44 +0200
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 14/06/2019 19:07, Bart wrote:
> On 14/06/2019 16:21, Scott wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 08:43:49 -0400, "Rick C. Hodgin"
>> <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You don't have to declare everything before you use it.
>>
>> Many people, including myself, consider that to be a bad thing.
>>
> 
> You mean not declaring things at all, or not declaring them before first 
> use?
> 
> I find lack of out-of-order declarations in C, to be a considerable 
> pain. Although I think this mainly applies to functions.

As a Python user, I find being able to use things without declaring them 
to be a major source of errors, so I would not like that to be possible. 
  As far as I can tell about C# (having read a small amount, but never 
used it), you need to declare variables before using them.

Maybe functions can be used without declaring them first (as long as 
they are declared later).  That does not seem unreasonable to me.  I am 
not personally bothered that you need to declare functions before using 
them in C, but I understand that it is an inconvenience to some people. 
And I would rather that the language allowed calling functions before 
they are declared than the mess some people write with long reams of 
forward function declarations at the start of C files.

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Switching to C# "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-06-12 11:01 -0400
  Re: Switching to C# fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-06-12 08:21 -0700
  Re: Switching to C# Szyk Cech <szykcech@spoko.pl> - 2019-06-12 17:32 +0200
    Re: Switching to C# "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-06-12 12:04 -0400
      Re: Switching to C# Szyk Cech <szykcech@spoko.pl> - 2019-06-13 05:50 +0200
    Re: Switching to C# fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-06-13 15:43 -0700
  Re: Switching to C# gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-06-12 16:30 +0000
    Re: Switching to C# My nuts hurt <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2019-06-13 09:54 -0700
    Re: Switching to C# Jens Stuckelberger <Jens_Stuckelberger@nowhere.net> - 2019-06-14 15:28 +0000
      Re: Switching to C# gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-06-14 15:55 +0000
        Re: Switching to C# rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com - 2019-06-14 10:25 -0700
          Re: Switching to C# scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-06-14 17:56 +0000
            Whatever will we do without Rick??? (Was: Switching to C#) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-06-14 18:02 +0000
              Re: Whatever will we do without Rick??? (Was: Switching to C#) rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com - 2019-06-14 12:24 -0700
            Re: Switching to C# "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-06-14 14:24 -0400
      Re: Switching to C# "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-06-14 12:57 -0400
        Re: Switching to C# Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2019-06-15 01:29 +0100
  Re: Switching to C# "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-06-12 17:17 -0700
    Re: Switching to C# "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-06-12 23:41 -0700
  Re: Switching to C# Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2019-06-13 03:30 +0100
    Re: Switching to C# "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-06-14 08:43 -0400
      Re: Switching to C# nobody@example.org (Scott) - 2019-06-14 15:21 +0000
        Re: Switching to C# "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-06-14 12:55 -0400
          Re: Switching to C# Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2019-06-15 01:28 +0100
        Re: Switching to C# Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-06-14 18:07 +0100
          Re: Switching to C# David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-06-15 09:44 +0200
          Re: Switching to C# fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-06-15 01:24 -0700
            Re: Switching to C# fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-06-15 02:04 -0700
              Re: Switching to C# fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-06-15 03:24 -0700
                Re: Switching to C# fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-06-15 03:41 -0700
              Re: Switching to C# Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2019-06-16 15:16 +0300
        Re: Switching to C# Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2019-06-15 18:49 +0200
          Re: Switching to C# Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-06-15 17:58 +0100
            Re: Switching to C# Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2019-06-16 07:28 +0200
          Re: Switching to C# nobody@example.org (Scott) - 2019-06-16 01:58 +0000
            Re: Switching to C# Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-06-15 19:31 -0700
              Re: Switching to C# nobody@example.org (Scott) - 2019-06-16 08:20 +0000
                Re: Switching to C# Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-06-16 02:24 -0700
                Re: Switching to C# nobody@example.org (Scott) - 2019-06-16 17:03 +0000
                Re: Switching to C# Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-06-16 14:24 -0700
                Re: Switching to C# nobody@example.org (Scott) - 2019-06-17 03:02 +0000
            Re: Switching to C# Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2019-06-16 10:54 +0200
              Re: Switching to C# Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-06-16 02:26 -0700
                Re: Switching to C# Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2019-06-16 12:43 +0200
                Re: Switching to C# nobody@example.org (Scott) - 2019-06-16 17:05 +0000
                Re: Switching to C# Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-06-16 14:26 -0700
                Re: Switching to C# Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2019-06-17 06:31 +0200
            Re: Switching to C# David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-06-16 12:23 +0200
              Re: Switching to C# Manfred <noname@invalid.add> - 2019-06-16 23:06 +0200
              Re: Switching to C# Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-06-16 14:27 -0700
                Re: Switching to C# David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-06-16 23:33 +0200
            Re: Switching to C# James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2019-06-17 08:30 -0400
  Re: Switching to C# "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-06-13 00:06 -0700
    Re: Switching to C# "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-06-14 08:49 -0400
      Re: Switching to C# "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-06-17 23:30 -0700
        Re: Switching to C# rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com - 2019-06-18 02:58 -0700
        Re: Switching to C# Mel <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2019-06-18 22:46 +0200
          Re: Switching to C# "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-06-18 14:00 -0700
            Re: Switching to C# Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2019-06-18 21:11 +0000
              Re: Switching to C# "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-06-18 15:36 -0700
                Re: Switching to C# rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com - 2019-06-18 15:42 -0700
                Re: Switching to C# Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2019-06-19 04:26 +0000
  Switching to C# Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2019-06-13 03:05 -0700
    Re: Switching to C# Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2019-06-13 12:30 -0400
  Re: Switching to C# My nuts hurt <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2019-06-13 09:51 -0700
    Re: Switching to C# luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2019-06-13 09:56 -0700
      Re: Switching to C# Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2019-06-13 22:24 +0000
        Re: Switching to C# Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2019-06-18 06:33 -0700

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