Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 12:40:39 +0200, fir wrote:
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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Somehow along the line from BCPL to B to C, one useful feature was
lost: the ability to have a value-returning statement block inside an
expression.
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if so thats probably sad, though i dont know how it looked like

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The construct looks like
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     VALOF $( ... «stmts»; RESULTIS «return-value» $)
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it is good to things return value and good to be able to combine it
as i sait for example i consider such loops
10'x   //ten tiem execute x
print (10'x+=x)/10
would be equivalent of
for(int i=0; i<10; i++) x+=x;
print(x/10)
(and its still c, just with shorted syntax not python et sort)