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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
People can be very rust-centric, but compilation of Rust (or Crystal) can take forever. The fast compilation of this "language" makes running scripts be like a scripting language, like Perl. Will it be hard for me to find people w
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Emerald C – Ultimate C Preprocessor(github.com)
2 points by gregoryc_ 4y ago|2 comments
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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
I have named this project and I have made a github for it. I am looking for people to have a discussion about the direction of this. After that, code formatting and things like that can be fixed. What functions would you like to add to make
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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
https://github.com/gregoryc/EmeraldC/
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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
I just made a github. https://github.com/gregoryc/EmeraldC/
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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
I just made a github.
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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
https://github.com/gregoryc/EmeraldC
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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
memcpy is better than strncpy and strcpy ;)
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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
Depends on the functions used. memcpy is better than strcpy
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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
The simplest solution is a preprocessor. The original founders of C made one, probably because they needed it. But adding another lightweight one is simple. C++ has bloat. Compilation time can be slow. I realize that this is radical, but if
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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
Check out https://cboard.cprogramming.com/c-programming/181160-hi-i-ha... I posted this less than 24 hours ago. This might be what you want, and there's no overhead at all. It might actually speed up your code. 15
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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
Has anyone checked out this? You can use C, but with better syntax. https://cboard.cprogramming.com/c-programming/181160-hi-i-ha... I'm looking for contributors. :)
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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
I currently use #define true 1 and #define false 0 Do you think I should remove that?
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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
I'm happy to see that this went semi-viral. I got 2400 views in a few hours :)
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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
Yes, I am aware that the style of the crystal script is not perfect yet. That's a TODO
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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
I'm trying to gather support for this project. Is anyone interested? I seem to have gotten over 2,400 views on the cprogramming site in a few hours. Give me an email :)
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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
I can modify that. Anyone can modify that. I might have a global namespace in some way. I might use a certain prefix. Or I can have an inline function that gets the pointer.
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by gregoryc_ 4y ago
A better C C is a fantastic language. C compiles insanely fast, is the fastest language there is, is very clear, is native to all systems, and is useful for all purposes. Some people, e.g., Bjarne Stroustrup, consider that C is `not good en
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How to make C much easier and more powerful (C preprocessor)(cboard.cprogramming.com)
10 points by gregoryc_ 4y ago|9 comments