Re: Parsing functions - do I need a keyword like 'def' to indicate a function?

Alex Colvin <alexc@TheWorld.com>
2 Nov 2004 12:09:26 -0500

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From: Alex Colvin <alexc@TheWorld.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 2 Nov 2004 12:09:26 -0500
Organization: The World : www.TheWorld.com : Since 1989
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Keywords: syntax, design
Posted-Date: 02 Nov 2004 12:09:26 EST

>>>lua uses "function"


>> So do C, Visual Basic, Pascal and Fortran.


>C doesn't.


C dosn't need a keyword to distinguish a call from a definition.
If it's outside a function it can only be a definition.
If it's inside a function it can only be a call.


C is not a scripting language.


--
mac the naïf

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