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

On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 12:48:14 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

One less keystroke in C.
 
[:=] -> [=]    -1

But then you need another keystroke for equality comparisons.

[->]  -> [?] -2

Pascal:

    ptr^.field

C:

    (*ptr).field
    ptr->field
    ptr[0].field

Then you try another pointer level:

Pascal:

    ptr^^.field

C:

    (**ptr).field
    ptr[0][0].field

C definitely loses here. Pointer indirection should have been a postfix,
not a prefix, operator.