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From: hardin@hpindda.HP.COM (John Hardin)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Should C++ follow C's footsteps?
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Date: 24 Feb 89 18:34:20 GMT
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>If C++ is already somewhat incompatible, would it not be wise to leave C
>syntax behind entirely? Two reasons why, 
>
>1) I think most people would agree that a great deal of it is pretty
>crummy (do I presume to much?  does anyone actually like the "for" loop
>syntax?)
>
>==Fraser Orr ( Dept C.S., Univ. Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK)
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I'm surprised to find that anyone does NOT like the C "for" loop 
syntax!  Keeping the loop initialization, step, and termination
test in one place seems like a nice feature.

The main target for change in C, IMHO, is the variable declaration
syntax.  Luckily I have a utility that will take English-like
explanations of what I want (e.g., pointer to an array of 5 pointers
to functions returning doubles) and output the C syntax.  It shouldn't
be too difficult to include in C the ability to read this pseudo-
English directly (as an option, of course). 

John Hardin, hardin%hpindda@hplabs.hp.com