16:54:35jcowanbeach: if I ever get around to writing a "C with classes" language, I will probably call the compiler Second CFront.
16:59:54shka_c with classes has been proved to be a terrible idea
17:02:03jcowanOnly if you believe in historical inevitability, or believe that C itself is a terrible idea.
17:03:35jcowanbtw, beach, if I were you I'd implement short-floats as BF16 and the devil with the silly requirements of the CLHS in this area (it requires 19 bits, which never made any sense).
17:35:16jcowanWell, of course you must do what you please. At first I thought the short-float restrictions were inherited from the PDP-10 with 18 bits, but I was forgetting about the sign.
17:36:03beachI was thinking of only implementing single and double, where single floats are immediates.
17:43:19beachImproved safety and security compared to existing OSes, but also a superior multi-user development environment. Like Genera, but safer and multi-user.