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At this point, C's #1 priority is not breaking things in existing implementations, though, Walter...

• WalterBright 5mo ago
  My proposal does not break existing code. https://www.digitalmars.com/articles/C-biggest-mistake.html https://www.digitalmars.com/articles/C-biggest-mistake.html
  • aa-jv 5mo ago
    Yes it does: >All it needs is a little new syntax
    • bmn__ 5mo ago
      You seem to be under the impression that adding new syntax necessarily breaks existing code. But that just isn't true. If you can't fathom how it's done, then look at the use VERSION statement in Perl.
      • aa-jv 5mo ago
        It doesn't just break existing code, it breaks existing tooling for checking syntax .. (Perl is hardly a decent model.)
        • bmn__ 5mo ago
          This answer that is both so stupendously confident and wrong is only possible if you in actuality decided to not read and understand how this problem is solved in Perl.