In our previous episode, Jeremy Cowgar said: > > However IMHO that doesn't meant you are right. One single case of an > > optimalization advantage, and then in a border case like iteration over a > > constant set does not justify a language extension. > > What is the negative of adding it?
Clutter, maintenance, and somebody has to do both implementation and maintenance, addition to documentation tool, pretty printer etc. > To me, I program in a language > because it makes my life easy, not because each keyword has a > certain/clear purpose and cannot be done any other method. The easier FP > is for me to program in (or the less typing I have to do), the better FP > is to me. I'm confused on why not to add it. "Easy" and typing are not related. Easy allows me to do my job quickly. Typing has never been limiting in my job. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
