for convenience

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, 25 Mar 2022 at 06:05, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2022-03-24, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > No, I would say that a preprocessor of that sort isn't necessary to a
> > Python-like language. If you really want one, it's honestly not that
> > hard to do; remember, "preprocessor" means that it processes the
> > source code before the main language sees it, so you can do that even
> > with Python as it currently is.
>
> And they're best used to make it look like you're actually programming
> in a different language. You can make your C program look like BASIC,
> or your Python program look like Pascal!
>
> The best part is that nobody else will be able to figure out WTH is
> going on, even if they are fluent in _both_ of the languages!
>
> Amaze your friends!
>
> Turn complete strangers into enemies!
>

Yes! This is, in a sense, the counterpart to polyglot code, where the
same script can be run with any of several interpreters. Both are
extremely effective at turning people's brains to mush.

ChrisA