Well, since C often does "declaration only at first use"...

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by CRConrad

1/28/05 3:17:04 AM

Well, since C often does "declaration only at first use"...

...which is exactly the same thing (only at another place in the code), he apparently doesn't think C is 'a "real" programming language'! Which is funny, since that's about as "real" as it gets. Especially to those stupid wannabe-cool types that this guy sounds like.

(For an EVEN MORE "real" language, IMCO, Delphi allows it too nowadays.)

BTW, your last question is slightly wrongly put:

Is it more common to allow initialization in the constructor, or to not allow it?

Uh, I can't think of a single language that would not allow initialization in a constructor after all, that's exactly what your guy was doing. What you meant to ask is whether a language allows (or should allow) initialization in the declaration.

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What makes a "real" programming language? - (drewk) - (20) - Jan. 27, 2005, 10:10:34 PM EST

I think he's deluding himself. - (static) - (3) - Jan. 27, 2005, 10:29:27 PM EST

No doubt - (drewk) - (2) - Jan. 27, 2005, 10:30:50 PM EST

An anti-example. - (static) - Jan. 27, 2005, 11:20:17 PM EST

There are plenty - (jake123) - Jan. 28, 2005, 12:25:48 PM EST

You can do that in C# -NT - (altmann) - (1) - Jan. 27, 2005, 10:40:36 PM EST

Perfect :-D -NT - (drewk) - Jan. 27, 2005, 10:42:26 PM EST

That programmer is an idiot - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 27, 2005, 11:27:36 PM EST

You can do that in just about any modern language. - (admin) - (1) - Jan. 27, 2005, 11:52:47 PM EST

No invasion fleet, please! Just nuke it from orbit. -NT - (CRConrad) - Jan. 28, 2005, 03:18:42 AM EST

Fuel on the fire - (FuManChu) - (6) - Jan. 28, 2005, 01:14:08 AM EST

Hey, that's neat! - (static) - (2) - Jan. 30, 2005, 08:32:38 PM EST

It does make extensibility a snap. - (FuManChu) - (1) - Jan. 31, 2005, 02:24:51 AM EST

He was very much in love with doing things "correctly". - (static) - Jan. 31, 2005, 08:02:04 PM EST

Seems surprisingly like javascript - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Jan. 31, 2005, 08:28:48 PM EST

I kinda like JavaScript. - (static) - Jan. 31, 2005, 09:11:18 PM EST

Yup; the name binding and scopes are very similar -NT - (FuManChu) - Jan. 31, 2005, 10:36:00 PM EST

Well, since C often does "declaration only at first use"... - (CRConrad) - Jan. 28, 2005, 03:17:04 AM EST

Counter example - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Jan. 28, 2005, 04:25:00 AM EST

Great suggestion; seconded! -NT - (CRConrad) - Jan. 28, 2005, 08:02:46 AM EST

Sounds like a language holywar brewing over there - (tablizer) - Jan. 28, 2005, 07:16:32 PM EST

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