Targeting C

["Jérôme M. Berger"]

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?

	In English: "A very small amount". This helped didn't it? ;) The 
others have already answered for the D meaning.

		Jerome
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