Timeline for Are there good reasons to minimize the number of keywords in a language?
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| Jul 5, 2023 at 13:40 | comment | added | Toby Speight | Indeed, that was the mechanism to extend the language without adding new reserved words. | |
| Jul 5, 2023 at 12:31 | comment | added | Matthieu M. | @TobySpeight: Note that all of those were "added" to C++ after the first version, where any new keyword risked breaking backwards compatibility. | |
| Jul 5, 2023 at 8:34 | comment | added | Toby Speight |
C++ is another language that has some context-dependent "keywords" - final, override and more only have their reserved meanings in particular places.
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| Jul 4, 2023 at 5:23 | history | answered | mousetail 'he-him' | CC BY-SA 4.0 |