[Info-vax] Clang

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 11/16/2022 5:00 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 11/16/2022 12:37 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> With DEC BASIC from years ago, removing the need for (most) line 
>> numbers was a
>> nice enhancement. Got rid of a whole lot of unnecessary clutter. There 
>> are other
>> obvious or potential enhancements for BASIC, as well.
> 
> Nice enhancements, yes, that can be good.  In Basic the RECORD, LOC, and 
> other enhancements allowed much more flexibility and capabilities.  That 
> was what, 30 years or so ago?  Not every 2-3 years.  Still room for 
> more, such as the much sought after unsigned integers.

The list of potential changes are way longer.

OOP
FP incl. lambdas
Generics
Type inference
DSL support
etc.

Arne