On 07/17/18 11:50, Ryan Joseph wrote:
If lots of programmers using main stream languages like c++ are
having a similar problem we are I think it’s incumbent for Pascal to
at least consider if there is merit to the concern.
So if a lot of programmers find it bad to have to much freedom, then it
is good if it is restricted?
Because take JavaScript, well there freedom of declaring variables is
even less restricted, than was asked for in this thread.
But it seems that many JavaScript developers got frustrated with that.
So much that the now have external tools to restrict that freedom
http://www.adequatelygood.com/JavaScript-Scoping-and-Hoisting.html
https://eslint.org/docs/rules/vars-on-top
This is not directly related to the original post/request.
But it shows that the statement quoted on top is severely dangerous.
Just because another language has a feature, or even because many use it
(where it is not know what expertise those have, nor how many do not use
it)...
Just because any of this, does by no means indicate that such a feature
is any good at all.
Just because c++ has the feature does not mean that it solves any
problem that c++ programmers would otherwise have. It can same as good
mean the opposite.
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