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On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 07:24:53AM +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jan 2021, Larry McVoy wrote:
> 
> >We did something similar, I hated Tcl so much I paid a friend to make a
> >compiler for a very C like language that compiled to Tcl byte codes. It's
> >really what I'd like to see C evolve to:
> >
> >http://little-lang.org
> 
> Wow - another language for my collection :-)  Looks neat.

It is if you like C syntax and you like perl usefulness.  It's sort of a
blend of those.  Has some short comings but I like it.