Re: technology discussion → does the world need a "new" C ?

On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 08:48:05 -0700
Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:

bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
 

I earlier asked this:
>
"So if arrays aren't passed by value in C, and they aren't passed
by reference, then how the hell ARE they passed?!" 

 
They aren't.  C allows lots of things to be passed as an argument
to a function:  several varieties of numeric values, structs,
unions, and pointers, including both pointers to object types and
pointers to function types.  C does not have a way for a function
to take an argument that is either an array or a function.  There
is a way to take pointers to those things, but not the things
themselves.  Arrays and functions are second-class values in C.
>

I'd like to see an example of the language that permits ahead-of-time
compilation and has functions as first-class values.