Corbin Royer

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I think if you're wanting a more C/C++ feel to the language, I think staying with `alias` or the more Swift-esque syntax `typealias` should be used. As for using the...

Ah okay, well if you're going for a more convertible language this would be the most viable option. As for pattern matching this would most likely be faster for this...

@Qix-, honestly per function generics would be beautiful. I've used C++ templates and Java generics both of which are powerful and great. But per-function generics would be awesome.

@Qix- So you're going for more a TypeScript style of type aliasing?[ as far as syntax goes ] but you're creating an new physical type [ as far as what...

I think this could be handy... Would be easier to parse a single token `@` rather than `this` as a string literal. I haven't used CoffeeScript but I have seen...

@Qix- perfect! That now makes it even faster for the compiler rather than having the period, less text.

As a question, I'm assuming when you say unicode support you mean UTF-8? As there are several UTF formats, UTF-8 being the most common.

@Qix- Sweet. That certainly will be nice, having full UTF8-64 support.

@Qix- ahhh I see. So `alias` "renames" but without the copy of the original type, `typedef` copies the original type and renames. I quite like that because using `alias` could...

@Qix- Okay, this is going to be quite long... ### Primitives I think the intent of the syntax for defining `s`igned, `u`nsigned, and `f`loat, is a good idea. This is...