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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: language commenting constructs
Message-ID: <3452@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 16 Mar 89 15:56:21 GMT
References: <1543@zen.UUCP> <10460@lanl.gov> <39273@oliveb.olivetti.com>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <39273@oliveb.olivetti.com>, chase@Ozona.orc.olivetti.com (David Chase) writes:
> *  VALOF <block> expressions

I put this back into Small-C as an exercize:

	a = { switch(x) { ... return vowel; } };

> *  many fewer parentheses (at the expense of added keywords, but it
>    was a lot nicer to read)

I don't think this was a bonus.

> *  :=/= instead of =/== 

But this definitely was.

> *  cleaner syntax for function definitions (VALOF helps here)

Debatable.

>         LET min2(a,b) = a < b -> a,b

Take your pick:

	min2(a,b) { return (a < b) ? a : b; }
	#define min2(a,b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
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