Re: question about linker

On 06/12/2024 19:14, Ike Naar wrote:

On 2024-12-06, Bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:

My language:
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    println =a,=b                  # 13 characters, 0 shifted
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(And that space is optional!) In C (assume the existence of stdio.h):
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    printf("A=%lld B=%f\n",a,b);   # ~28 characters, 8 shifted
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Enough said.

 Looks like a cherry-picked example.
How would this (slightly modified) C statement be notated in your language:
      printf("a:%lld b:%g\n",a,b);

You mean, with those lower-case labels? Then I'd have to write it like this:
    fprintln "a:# b:#", a, b:"g"
But I picked on Print because that is the most common temporary statement I use; it is written hundreds of times for debugging, but rarely persists.
Then you rarely bother with formatting. With C however, all the T's and I's need to be crossed and dotted, even if the line will be deleted a minute later. A LOT of fiddly typing. Plus needing to be constantly aware of the exact types of the the things being printed.