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> Many C-derived languages are full of symbol soup. C is not full of symbol soup though. It is more full of symbol soup than Pascal or Modula 2, and back in t
by kazinator 2y ago
> Many C-derived languages are full of symbol soup.
C is not full of symbol soup though.
It is more full of symbol soup than Pascal or Modula 2, and back in the day when C was taking over other such languages, there were lots of complaints about C's syntax being like "line noise" and whatnot.
Rust takes it to a whole new level though.
- johnisgood 2y agoYeah, I wonder what people are referring to when they say C is full of symbol soup. I mentioned it in my other comment that C is not, just like how Common Lisp is not due to the parentheses, its syntax is pretty simple.