The future of the C language is HyperC

Hyper C Compiler

It's basically shorthand c.
Currently only a windows standalone build.

Let me know what you think, don't be shy with the comments.

I think you need to put in much more documentation. At the moment, it looks like you're only adding some "shortcuts" to C that might not be very useful, e.g., I see mention of # for int and ## for double... how does that account for other types like short, long, float, long double?

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Originally Posted by laserlight

I think you need to put in much more documentation.

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I would agree. There are more features than currently on the site and it will be updated. I posted on here to get an idea of what would be "useful" as far as what i should add to it or take out. And if anyone was even interested in a shorthand c. I prefer HyperC as it helps me create quick applications and automate repetitive and tedious tasks.

It might also be good to say what features of C have been suppressed, e.g., for comments you list the single-line // comments, which are already part of standard C. Does that mean that your variant of C doesn't allow the old multi-line /* */ comments?

I also note that assigning to arrays is not allowed in C, but in your structure example, it appears that that is allowed in your C variant. You might want to highlight it if so, and explain the semantics.

HyperC :: Conjoin

You can directly insert a file into a HyperC application. using

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:>

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file.name;


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This will import the raw file contents.

HyperC :: Select

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case a == 1 {

} || a == 2 {

} else {

};

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HyperC :: Loop

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loop 1 to 100 as i {

};

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HyperC :: Concat

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<string.h>;
@{
$output[] = "Hello";
output += " World";
};

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HyperC :: Subs

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@display(#number) {
ink "Number: " #number;
};
@{ display(); };

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HyperC :: Functions

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#@add(long one,double two) {
return (one+two);
};
@{ ink #add(100,100); };

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Originally Posted by laserlight

in your structure example, it appears that is allowed in your C variant.

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  @{
    $text[100] = "test";
    $text += "testing";
    ink $text;
  };

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PREFIX and SUFFIX preprocess.

HyperC is designed to make things faster. One of my favorite ways it does this is with; and and; preprocess commands.

Lets say you have a structure person and you want to define all the different values within that object.

BEFORE:

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  person.name = "myname";
  person.number = "5555555";
  person.height = "0";

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etc...

with WITH you can make this process a lot faster and easier.

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  with person.;
    name = "myname";
    number = "5555555";
    height = "0";
  with;

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With will prefix whatever is after the command before every line after it untill you change the with or null it with with; You can do the same for the suffix using and;

Another example is writing text to the console with ink in hyperC. For instance if you want to create a menu you could:

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  ink "Menu Title\n";
  ink "[1] option 1\n";
  ink "[2] option 2\n";

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Of course this works but you notice i'm repeating ink every time and also the line break for every line. This is why hyperC has WITH and AND;

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  with ink ; and "\n";
    "Menu Title";
    "[1] option 1";
    "[2] option 2";
  and; with;

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