Sujet : Re: Continuations
De : mitchalsup (at) *nospam* aol.com (MitchAlsup1)
Groupes : comp.archDate : 18. Jul 2024, 00:19:18
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On Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:14:43 +0000, Stephen Fuld wrote:
Scott Lurndal wrote:
>
The problem is that the modern languages don't have
a modern concept of a PICture clause. An instruction
to format based on a printf-like format string could
be useful, I suspect, but the die area is probably more
useful as cache.
>
There are two separate issues here. One is whether modern languages
should have syntax for esily formatting numbers that is "more
expressive" than what things like printf currently provide. The other
question is about whether such should be implemented in hardware.
>
As I have expressed before here, I believe the answer to the first part
is "yes", but not as feature rich as a full picture clause. I tend to
agree with you about the second.
The fact that output formatting has advanced so much during my lifetime
contraindicates putting what we currently understand in HW.
Continuations
Re: Continuations