Re: Threads across programming languages

On Sat, 4 May 2024 20:41:42 +0300, Paavo Helde wrote:

On 04.05.2024 01:20, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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On Fri, 3 May 2024 18:01:02 +0300, Michael S wrote:
 

For C, I agree, mostly because C has no nested functions.

 
GCC implements nested functions in the C compiler. Though oddly, not in
C++.
 

C++ already has functions nested in namespaces, namespaces nested in
namespaces, functions nested in classes (static and non-static member
functions), and classes nested in classes. It's already a lot of
nesting, no need to complicate the matters more.
 
In Pascal, function nesting is used for better encapsulation of data. In
C++, the same is achieved in a cleaner and more explicit way via classes
and member functions, so no need for this kind of nesting.

Interesting, isn’t it? You mention all the complications of C++, and how
it doesn’t need yet more complications tacked on top to support something
as simple as lexical binding. Yet Pascal had lexical binding from the get-
go, and managed it in a much simpler way.