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Why would you say that "Cello isn't really C"?

• orange_fritter 10y ago
  It's arguable that extensive use of macros and faux-dynamic-typing violate the ideology of C that makes it simple and predictable.
  • catnaroek 10y ago
    I'd remove the “faux”. Cello is dynamically typed.
    • chme 10y ago
      Then you could say that just using void-pointers in C that C is also dynamically typed.
      • catnaroek 10y ago
        Not void pointers per se, but if you use runtime information to determine how to interpret the data pointed by a void pointer, that's dynamic typing, yes.
      • loeg 10y ago
        In C you would only use void pointers very occasionally, to work around the lack of generics/templates in data structures. Most of the time, objects have types. In Cello, everything is a void pointer. Limited as it is, compiler type checking in C is still valuable.
        • catnaroek 10y ago
          Static typing gives types to expressions (in the program text), not to objects (at runtime).
          • loeg 10y ago
            I'm not sure what you mean by objects at runtime. Can you elaborate? The sort of objects I interact with at runtime are typically typed structures, so I guess I don't understand your statement.
            • catnaroek 10y ago
              Objects are runtime entities. They are created and manipulated when the program is running.