Re: [pure-lang-users] gedit pure.lang

[Albert G. <Dr....@t-...>]

Eddie Rucker wrote:
> 1. ?

That might be a C speciality, I'm pretty sure that this is neither 
Pascal nor Algol syntax. (Pure also allows this, but only if followed by 
a scale factor, as in 1.e-7.)

But .5 has been supported by every programming language that I remember 
right now (except Lisp), back to the venerable Algol 60, so there must 
be some reason for that. At least Pure is in good company there.

Just for the record, Haskell allows neither .5 nor 5., even if followed 
by a scale factor.

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