Bliss update
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BLISS UPDATE
I have just released the latest version of Bliss to the
archives. It has (hopefully) reached maturity -- the only
planned addition is making runtime errors into exceptions.
It has been renamed 'Bach' because 'Bliss' was already taken.
I liked Bliss. I was about to decide that a second Bliss was
acceptable when I checked to see if any other language name
was multiply used. Sure enough, I found one -- Bliss is used twice!
Bach refers not to the composer, but to the Welsh word for little, or
'little one'. The 'ch' is pronounced as in the Scottish 'loch'.
Changes:
1) Mersenne random # generator.
drand() returns 0 <=3D N <=3D 1.0
irand(l, h) returns l <=3D N <=3D h
I thought it produced a more random sequence, but who knows=3F
It is nearly twice as fast. EU:1440 MER_FLT:3200 MER_INT:2430
2) insert(seq, object, index) inserts an object into a list
<for maintaining sorted lists>
3) exchange (seq, index1, index2) exchange items in a sequence
This was added to speed sorts, and extraction from a sequence.
The database bechmark goes from EU:600 to Bach:800
4) Instance initialization with new(). If a class has a method
called new(), it may be called when creating an instance:
Point p(2,3)
5) Overriding. A class may have members which are named the
same as a member of a parent.
6) Parent access. The '..' operator may be used to access a
member of a parent.
7) Member constants are allowed.
8) Bach no longer searches the subdirectories of the home
'include' directory. (Subdirectories of EUDIR\include are
still searched.
9) The sprintf() function now understands '%c' for printing characters.
10) The '=3F=3F' operator acts just like '=3F' except it pauses after
output.
11) '$' and '_' are alphabetic characters.
12) A formal parameter whose name begins with '$' will not draw
a warning message if it is not referenced.
Karl Bochert
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