10-23-2022, 10:43 AM
(10-23-2022, 06:10 AM)Pete Wrote: 1) It's parsing, which makes it fun.Yep, now I get it.
2) Practical use: Contests.
Once in a blue moon someone will put together a contest. Maybe write a pong game in 100 lines or less. Maybe even fewest lines wins. Anyway, colons make it possible to place many statements on a single line. Parsing out the colons, which serve that purpose, makes judging the actual lines used to code the program quantifiable.
Pete
Like I always say, "Don't take it parsenally!"
I'll watch from the kiosk.
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