[Tfug] Language choices

[Tim Ottinger]

I would love to see python and ruby in this list!


>
> ASM (VAX -- including macro capabilities)
>   a=b a=. a+b a-b a*b a/b
> label:
> .directive
> @pointer
> (address) (address)+ -(address)
> @(rn)+
> (rn)[rm]
> <expression>
> $macro
> ?parameter
> a,b
> ; comment
> #constant
> /string/ "string"
> ^Bbinary  etc.
>
>   (Dartmouth) BASIC
>   -a +a
> a+b a-b a*b a/b a^b a,b
> a=b a>b a>=b a<b a<=b a<>b
> stringtype$
> "string"
> function()
> array(b)
> (expression)
> PRINT;
>
>   C++
>   +a -a ~a !a &a *a
> a+b a-b a*b a/b a%b a>>b a<<b a&b a|b a^b
> a++ ++a a-- --a
> a+=b a-=b a*=b a/=b a%=b a>>=b a<<=b a&=b a|=b a^=b
> a=b a==b a!=b a>b a>=b a<b a<=b
> a&&b a||b a.b a->b a:b a,b a::b
> a?b:c
> 'a' "a" '\a' \0a (significant leading zero)  \xDEADBEEF
> case:  statement;
> /* comment */   // comment
> function()
> function(...)
> (expression)
> a[b]  "a_string"[b]  (you "read" this differently than a[b])
> #define  (well, it's technically the preprocessor, but...)
> { block }
> plus all the overloading allowed (which increases instances of symbols)
>
>   FORTRAN
>   a=b a+b a-b a*b a/b a**b a,b
> .relop.  .logop.  (I think later versions allowed >, <, >=, etc.)
> function()
> (expression)
> *comment   (though '*' could have been 'C' to eliminate punctuation)
>
>   Java (same as C++, more-or-less, plus:)
>   id$ent_ifier (including unicode characters!)
> \uUNICODE
> a>>>b a>>>=b
>
>   Limbo (much like C with a few additions and changes)
>   RADIXrVALUE
> \uUNICODE
> #comment
> iden_tifier   (including unicode characters)
> 'a' '\a' "string"
> a:=b a<-b a=>b a:b
> string[from:to]
> no &a allowed
> no a?b:c
> different a::b semantics
> different comment syntax:  #comment
> different function(...) syntax:  function(*)
> different "preprocessor" syntax
> different switch/case syntax
>
>   LISP
>   () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () ()
> + - x / ' ` < >
> LET*  #'
>
>   Modula-2
>   +a -a ~a a^
> a+b a-b a*b a/b a&b a|b a:=b a.b a,b
> a=b a#b a<>b a>b a>=b a<b a<=b
> "a" 'a'
> case:  statement;statement
> (* comment *)
> function()
> (expression)
> array[b]  array[a..b]
> {set}
>
>   Pascal
>   +a -a a^ ^a
> a+b a-b a*b a/b a:=b a.b a,b a:b a..b
> a=b a<>b a>b a>=b a<b a<=b
> a;
> statement;statement
> {comment}  (*comment*)
> 'string
> function()
> (expression)
> array[b]
>
>   PL/1
>   i_de#nti$fie at r
> 'string'
> -a +a ~a
> a+b a-b a*b a/b a**b a||b a&b a|b a,b a->b
> a=b a<b a<=b a>b a>=b a~<b a~>b a~=b
> statement;
> /*comment*/
> %preprocessor
> function()
> array(b)
> (expression)
>
>   PL/M
>   -a +a
> a+b a-b a*b a/b a=b a,b a.b
> a<b a<=b a>b a>=b a<>b
> function()
> array(b)
> (expression)
> iden$tifier
> statement;   label:
> 'literal'
> .(location)
> $INCLUDE
> /*comment*/
>
>   REXX
>   i_de$nt?ifie!r
> 'a'  "string"
> function()
> +a -a ~a
> a+b a-b a*b a/b a//b a%b a**b a||b a&b a|b a^b a&&b a.b a,b
> a<b a<=b a>b a>=b a~<b a~>b a==b a~=b a~==b a=b
> array(b)
> (expression)
> /*comment*/
> label:
>
>   SMALLTALK
>   RADIXrVALUE
> $character
> 'string'
> "comment"
> #symbol
> [block]
> :parameter
> +a -a ^returned
> a_b a+b a-b a*b a/b a//b a\\b a at b
> a<b a<=b a>b a>=b a~=b a==b a=b a~~b
> message:
> |temporary|
> (expression)
>
>   SNOBOL ("4", I think)
>   iden.ti_fier
> 'string'   "string"
> +a -a $a ~a ?a @a .a
> a+b a-b a*b a/b a!b a**b a|b a.b a$b a=b a,b
> (expression)
> :F(label)   :S(label)   :(label)
> function()
> &keyword
> ARRAY(b)   array<b>
> *comment
>
>   PERL
>   $scalar  &subroutine  @array  *glob  %hash
> "string"  `command`  /pattern/  ?PATTERN?  (list)  {block}  <STDIN>  <>
> +a -a !a a++ ++a a-- --a \a <<a $#a a?b:c
> -e -r -w -d -f -T (file test operators)
> a+b a-b a*b a/b a%b a>>b a<<b a&b a|b a^b a**b axb a,b a.b
> a+=b a-=b a*=b a/=b a%=b a>>=b a<<=b a&=b a|=b a^=b a**=b a.=b ax=b
> a=b a==b a!=b a>b a>=b a<b a<=b a<=>b a=>b
> a&&b a||b a&&=b a||=b a=~b a!~b a->b a->[b] a{b} a..b a::b
> $& $` $' $+ $* $| $% $= $- $~ $^ $_ $. $/ $, $\ $" $; $: $? $! $@ $$ $< $>
> etc.
> statement;   label:
> array[b]  function()
> plus a littany of regex pattern characters, backreferences, assertions,
> magic variables/constants, etc.  (?= ?! ...) ("KitchenSink")
>
>
>   <shrug>  When you look at BASIC, FORTRAN, PL/1, etc. they really *do*
>   look a lot "cleaner" in this regard, eh?
>
>   --don
>
>
>
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