Re: TeX and Pascal [was Re: The joy of FORTRAN]

On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 16:07:42 -0700, John Ames wrote:

On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 22:17:26 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
 

That’s why I say, you got to be kidding about it being “cleaner
overall”.

 
I meant more on a core language/syntax level ...

Even then, you often have to write things like

    final java.util.Map<android.view.MenuItem, PopupAction> NewMenuItems =
        new java.util.HashMap<android.view.MenuItem, PopupAction>(MenuItems.size());

That particular example may be Android-specific, but I don’t think you
can blame the Android API calls for this particular instance of
long-windedness; it’s fundamental to the way Java works.