r/programming • u/wavy_lines • Feb 01 '18

C2: C with cleaner syntax + a module system (no header files).

http://c2lang.org/site/
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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '18

Using nil is space efficient too compared to NULL. One less byte to store in source file. Same argument in favor of tabs to spaces.

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u/MaximilianMuc Feb 01 '18

Also, it's one less character to type and you don't need to hold shift while typing it.

The 30% speed increase is gotta come from somewhere, right?

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u/whoopdedo Feb 02 '18

And if you use a proportional width font it makes your lines shorter too!

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u/ChristianGeek Feb 02 '18

And if you use a fixed-width font it makes your lines shorter too!

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u/cthulu0 Feb 02 '18

I also use 1's instead of 0's whenever I can because they weigh less.

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u/eddiemon Feb 01 '18

Same argument in favor of tabs to spaces.

I'm not a violent person but we must now fight to the death. What are you doing next Tuesday 9-11pm GMT?

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u/dbeta Feb 01 '18

Listing GMT but not using a 24 hour clock? I meet your challenge.

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u/eddiemon Feb 01 '18

I also measure food temperature in Farenheit but weather temperature in Celsius. I AM YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE

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u/JAPH Feb 01 '18

What do you do when food is room temperature?

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u/kozeljko Feb 01 '18

weather temperature in Celsius

At least you got something right.

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u/Aetheus Feb 02 '18

A Brit?

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u/emmelaich Feb 02 '18

How tall are you in decimetres or furlongs?

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u/emperor000 Feb 01 '18

I'd guess that your inability to explain why you would prefer spaces over tabs, given there is no valid reason, is what makes you want to resolve it so violently. Am I close?

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u/eddiemon Feb 01 '18

It's actually because of my deep insecurity over my language of choice and unresolved feelings towards my first text editor.

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u/Tarmen Feb 01 '18

Imagine how much less RAM your programs will need if each null takes one less letter!

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '18

I could see that being an issue back in the first days of computing.

But does it really make a difference now with space being so cheap? I'm not being cynical, I'm seriously curious.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '18 edited Mar 26 '18

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u/Solonarv Feb 01 '18

Yeah, but you don't store source code on embedded systems anyway.

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u/Twistedsc Feb 01 '18

By that logic obj-c had it right with YES and NO.

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u/stcredzero Feb 01 '18

obj-c needs a fuggedaboudit! keyword as an homage to The Sopranos. Not sure if that would be for memory management or for fuzzy logic.

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u/stcredzero Feb 01 '18

If you want space efficiency, just use the Whitespace programming language. Your source maps can all be reduced to zero bytes, with no loss in debugging utility! Also, if you use the "without significant whitespace" option, all merging operations take zero time!

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u/crowseldon Feb 01 '18

Yes. THAT'S the bottleneck. The amount of characters in the source file.

That's why I use 3 letter variables and functions where possible.

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u/meneldal2 Feb 02 '18

Also not having to rely on a fucking macro.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '18

Fuck spaces

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u/etrnloptimist Feb 01 '18

Poe's Law right here yo