diff --git a/homepage/blah/index.html b/homepage/blah/index.html index ccd0677..7f59a01 100644 --- a/homepage/blah/index.html +++ b/homepage/blah/index.html @@ -16,6 +16,68 @@ ideas' witlessness; ideas' witnesses; ideas- +2022-10-25 + + i am logical, if not for time + + In C conditional logic is usually expressed in if statements. The very +narrow textbook example of this is thus: + +if (condition) { + do_something(); +} else { + do_another_thing(); +} + + I don't like this. There are a couple of supposed truths within this +example that are false: + - brackets are necessary for the if statement body (they aren't) + - ifs are the only way to perform conditional logic in C (they aren't) + this may not be stated outright in the example, but it's implicit in + that it's the only way textbooks will show much logic + + This "blah" doesn't exist to express solid facts, just my loose and +flimsy opinions and experiences. + + Here are four ways to do something in C that are each functionally +identical to each other: + +bool aisfive(bool c, int *a) { + if (c == 1) { + *a = 5; + } else { + *a = 6; + } + + return a; +} + +bool aisfive(bool c, int *a) { + if(c) + *a = 5; + else + *a = 6; + + return a; +} + +bool aisfive(bool c, int *a) { + *a = c ? 5 : 6; + + return a; +} + +bool aisfive(bool c, int *a) { + *a = 5 + !c; + + return a; +} + + I prefer the bottom-most example but the difference won't matter to a +good compiler. To me, algebraic expression is just as good as if-else +expression. But I'm an Internet crank that's still programming in C. + + 2022-10-24 i will twerk now, get in the conga line