From: M Douglas McIlroy <m.douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu>
To: dave@plonka.us, tuhs@tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] bas(1) and bs(1) videos including features and use
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:56:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKH6PiX6aQ1cDOteK-An81NrMfVbJCQZ=5bOr2CUoTvQ_mKRTA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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Nice archaeology. Blinded by my distaste for Basic , I never bothered to
try bs--and should have. Dave has highlighted features that deserve respect.
One telling example suggests this should be legalized in C:
printf("%s\n", {"true", "false"}[1]);
Doug
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next reply other threads:[~2021-01-20 16:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-20 16:56 M Douglas McIlroy [this message]
2021-01-20 22:17 ` Dave Horsfall
2021-01-20 23:11 ` Hellwig Geisse
2021-01-21 7:30 ` Sudipto Mallick
2021-01-28 21:15 ` Dave Horsfall
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2021-01-20 14:05 Dave Plonka
2021-01-20 14:17 ` Andy Kosela
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