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Let Us Have More C++ Languages

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C++ is a good language in that it is widely supported and has a large ecosystem around it. As a result, it has a large number of libraries, including extensive cross-platform frameworks (such as Qt). There are also entire operating systems written in C++, of which Symbian is an example. All of this provides ample motivation to use C++ (or at least its libraries) from time to time. However, as a language C++ can feel verbose and constraining at times.

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Ideas for Language Constructs Implementable by Translation to Readable C++

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This is a collection of ideas of what one might do with technology that makes it easy to add language constructs to an extensible language (closely related to C++) that targets readable C++ source code. The C++ compatibility and readability constraints restrict the language, for sure, but many interesting things can still be done, and barrier for adoption is low, especially when the compiler is used merely as a one-off code generation wizard.

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