Targeting C

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Pelle Månsson wrote:
> 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?

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/phobos/std_range.html#iota

Irony minded. I'm destroyed.


Andrei