[Info-vax] First ship poll: When will the first native x86-64 compilers ship ?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/14/2022 7:58 PM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> On Thu, 2022-04-14 at 18:59 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> C# allows something similar since version 7 (non-static) / 8
>>>> (static).
>>>
>>> That's nested classes, completely different kettle of fish.
>>
>> No.
>>
>> Nested classes has been in C# since version 1 (because
>> it was in Java).
>>
>> C# version 7 and 8 added nested methods.
> 
> Oh? That's news to me but yes, I just checked and indeed it does have
> nested methods. But I'm not a C# coder though.

Honestly I have never understood why they added it.

I think it has solid benefits for a language like
Pascal.

But it is not quite so obvious for a language
with namespaces, classes and public/internal/private
visibility available.

Arne