Targeting C

[Pelle Månsson]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Yigal Chripun wrote:
>> On 23/10/2009 13:02, bearophile wrote:
>>> Chris Nicholson-Sauls:
>>>
>>>> I prefer this (Scala):
>>>> list = list ++ (0 to 10)
>>>
>>> That's quite less readable. Scala sometimes has some unreadable 
>>> syntax. Python has taught me how much useful a readable syntax is :-)
>>> Designing languages requires to find a balance between several 
>>> different and opposed needs.
>>>
>>> Bye,
>>> bearophile
>>
>> how about this hypothetical syntax:
>>
>> list ~= [0..10];
> 
> I'm not sure what the type of "list" is supposed to be, but this works 
> today for arrays:
> 
> list ~= array(iota(0, 10));
> 
> 
> Andrei
What does iota mean?