Targeting C

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

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