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No, iteration is fair game, but `for` is an API name patented by Oracle. Legally, a patent troll would have to write a `whenceforth`, `do...thither`, or `oft` l

• greydius 10y ago
  The next time I'm forced to write C code... #define whenceforth for
  • Zikes 10y ago
    #define supposing if #define whereas else
    • dopamean 10y ago
      I know nothing about C. You can alias keywords like that?
      • odbol_ 10y ago
        #define is part of the preprocessor, which does very basic string substitution on the code before compiling. Useful in small doses, but also regularly abused.
        • david-given 10y ago
          An old classic --- pascal.h: http://thedailywtf.com/articles/_0x23_include__0x22_pascal_0x2e_h_0x22_ http://thedailywtf.com/articles/_0x23_include__0x22_pascal_0...
      • goldenkey 10y ago
        Boost has macro header libs that allow pretty much anything within the macros system limits to be computed. Lookup Boost preproccessor and youll be even more impressed.
        • eric_the_read 10y ago
          My dad used to tell idiots that he was very impressed with their ideas; one day, he pointed out to me that the impression was not always a positive one. Edit: Not saying Boost is idiotic; just that you may not be positively impressed with their use of preprocessor magic.
          • goldenkey 10y ago
            Pretty funny. I have to use that "impressed" fib one day and silently chuckle. Ive actually used Boost preprocessor macros in C for huge benefits to compute variadic functions at compile time. You may not like boost templates or libs but the preproccessor stuff is merely just a turing complete arithmetic language that includes arrays, tuples, lists, and a whole slew of other great things. Its actually quite marvelous how its implemented all from standard macros. A treatise in limited functional programming. I would not want to produce those macros myself..they are insanely clever, just take a look at the source. They use something similar to Church encoding for representing numbers. You can use it without any of the other boost libs or headers. Repetitive code sucks and the BOOST_PP macros are godsend. Im pretty sure you are referring to other 'magic' most likely C++ template stuff. All boost PP does is give you data structures, loop, and arithmetic at compile time. [1] [1] http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_61_0/libs/preprocessor/doc/index.html http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_61_0/libs/preprocessor/doc/i...
          • kagamine 10y ago
            The same goes for "quality". It may be a quality product but a poor quality product. If 'quality' is the best word marketing can come up with, maybe marketing isn't of very high quality!
      • ball_of_lint 10y ago
        In C, #define basically does string substitution, so absolutely. You can also do even more weird things with it, like X macros
      • Raticide 10y ago
        You can even do evil like #define true false
        • MereInterest 10y ago
          Along the same lines, for added (and undefined) fun: #define static thread_local #define if(X) if((X) ^ (rand() < 1000)) #define private public #define while if
• mpitt 10y ago
  *copyrighted, not patented
• Bjorkbat 10y ago
  They can use dogescript. In dogescript it's a much loop. https://github.com/dogescript/dogescript/blob/master/LANGUAGE.md https://github.com/dogescript/dogescript/blob/master/LANGUAG...
  • ben174 10y ago
    I'm just waiting for one of these languages to catch on, gain traction, and become a real respected language used in business settings.
    • c_c_c 10y ago
      Not respected maybe but lolcode is functional, complete, and extensible.
    • aylons 10y ago
      This is Javascript.
    • mortenlarsen 10y ago
      I am hoping for INTERCAL. "COME FROM" is very much needed now that GOTO is considered harmful.