[HN Gopher] C72: A port of the earliest C compiler to x86 (2021)
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       C72: A port of the earliest C compiler to x86 (2021)
        
       Author : marcodiego
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2022-04-10 20:47 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | hnlmorg wrote:
       | > compound assignment operators are reversed, they are =+, =*
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       | Personally I always thought that made more sense than the (now)
       | standard way because when you read it aloud it reads like the
       | operation you're performing:                 N equals N plus five
       | N =+ 5
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       | I still find myself occasionally writing those operators that way
       | around even after decades of using C and similar languages.
        
         | ghewgill wrote:
         | One of the problems with the old notation is the ambiguity.
         | What does each of the following mean?                   n =- 5
         | n = -5         n=-5
        
           | hnlmorg wrote:
           | Ahh yes, that's a very good point.
        
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