Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cica!iuvax!purdue!ames!uhccux!munnari.oz.au!otc!gregw From: gregw@otc.otca.oz (Greg Wilkins) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: comma operator Summary: functional programming? Message-ID: <814@otc.otca.oz> Date: 10 Aug 89 02:12:51 GMT References: <10099@mpx2.mpx.com> <93@microsoft.UUCP> <10100@mpx2.mpx.com> <1296@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu> Organization: OTC Development Unit, Australia Lines: 16 In article <1296@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu>, hascall@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (John Hascall) writes: > (wouldn't it be even more obfuscating and fun is all C > statements were also expressions!! [holy shades of BLISS]) > If all C statements were suddenly redefined as void expression, what difference would it make to the language? It would add some flexibility and orthogonality, but would it stop any existing programs from compiling? I cant see it causing a problem unless it caused ambiguities in the grammar? -Greg Wilkins