Alternative typeof syntax

Nick Sabalausky a at a.a
Tue May 18 01:53:34 PDT 2010


"Clemens" <eriatarka84 at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:hstgm2$2pr6$1 at digitalmars.com...
> Nick Sabalausky Wrote:
>
>> Besides, I love member access syntax in general. In addition to (safely)
>> reducing parenthesis, it also sidesteps the oddity that nested function
>> calls are written/read *backwards* from the order of execution (ie,
>> "A(B(C()))" means "call C, then B, then A"). I've even been toying with 
>> the
>> idea of a language design that places primary emphasis on member-call 
>> syntax
>> and consistent left-to-right ordering.
>
> You mean like Smalltalk?

Not really sure. All I remember from when I looked into Smalltalk was that 
even the most basic logic constructs were forced into being objects/classes, 
which make their use needlessly awkward.




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