Gregory's Server@ollej @promovicz @mhoye y'all are really provoking me... i now need to make this happen
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 @ollej @blogdiva @promovicz arbitrary byte-length numbers but the number of bytes assigned is the number of nβs in βintβ. Need an 8-byte integer? Easy, just declare an innnnnnnnt. @mhoye @blogdiva @promovicz I love it! Itβs so convenient! And so easy to read, just count the nβs. @ollej @blogdiva @promovicz I think weβre on to something here - maybe the way to easily express precision accuracy preferences is with the number of Os and As in βfloatβ? If we only care about large numbers, declare a floooooaat but if you need precision in very small numbers, just declare a flooaaaaaaat. @mhoye @blogdiva @promovicz Sounds incredibly practical! How about declaring the length of an array? How about out multiplying the number of aβs in the first position with the number of aβs in the second position? aaaarraay = an array of length 8. @ollej @mhoye @blogdiva @promovicz one could write [int, int, int] as a type, at which point (int, int, int) and [int, int, int] read kind of similar and one might as well abandon fixed-size arrays in favor of tuples. @ollej @blogdiva @promovicz think of the convenience, how suddenly easy it is to declare an aaaaarraaaaay of floooooaaaats. @ollej @blogdiva @promovicz tired: syntactic sugar. Wired: syntactic high-fructose corn syrup. @mhoye @blogdiva @promovicz Also, why only have ++ increment operator for adding one, just add more plus signs to increment with that amount. So +++ adds two and +++++ adds four. @mhoye @blogdiva @promovicz Lets bring an end to the discussion of using keywords or braces for blocks, we can use this instead dobegin{: }end And also requiring indentation with alternating tabs and spaces for each level of nesting.  @mhoye @ollej @promovicz i ought to snitch on you to Eric Meyer (he's here but won't tag him because he doesn't need this nightmare scenario seared on his retinas) @blogdiva @mhoye @promovicz Who is he? And why wouldnβt he want a nightmare scenario seared into his retinas? |
@blogdiva @promovicz @mhoye Do it! :)
Maybe different bold weights can indicate size of an int. The bolder the variable is, the more bits will be used for it.