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  • Re: this girl calls c ugly

    From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Sun Jul 12 08:31:23 2026
    On Thu, 4 Jun 2026 15:25:08 -0700, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:

    ((branch) ? (cond0) : (cond1))

    I like chaining:

    ®cond1¯ ?
    ®true1¯
    : ®cond2¯ ?
    ®false1-true2¯
    :
    ®false1-false2¯

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.18
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Sun Jul 12 08:32:51 2026
    On Thu, 4 Jun 2026 19:13:36 -0000 (UTC), Lew Pitcher wrote:

    What differs from today is that the preprocessor was an optional
    component, made available for a programmer's convenience.

    It still is. Regardless of whether it?s implemented as a separate
    executable or as just another phase of the same compiler program,
    command-line options still exist to manage its functionality
    separately.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.18
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Chris M. Thomasson@3:633/10 to All on Sun Jul 12 11:05:11 2026
    On 7/12/2026 1:32 AM, Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:
    On Thu, 4 Jun 2026 19:13:36 -0000 (UTC), Lew Pitcher wrote:

    What differs from today is that the preprocessor was an optional
    component, made available for a programmer's convenience.

    It still is.

    Big time! :^)

    Regardless of whether it?s implemented as a separate
    executable or as just another phase of the same compiler program, command-line options still exist to manage its functionality
    separately.


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.18
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)