On Friday 17 September 2010 11:47:12 Florian Klaempfl wrote: > Same can be said about goto and labels. Very intuitive and simple why > bother about while, for, repeat loops?
Well, it is a valid comparison. I remember reading about new syntax in some languages. One is a "future variable" which you calculate in one place and then use later. Actually the compiler creates a thread for the calculation and does "waitfor" when the result is used first time. Cool! Another was the "parallel" keyword for loops. Cool as well! Then there was the closure / anonymous function in Delphi .NET. I forgot the details how it helps threading. Anyway, I am happy if the new syntax is on a ToDo list for FPC. It will make things again easier and more intuitive. And it proves Pascal is in good shape for future computing challenges. Juha -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
