I've got a swell idea.
Some people want to program in C,
but have it look exactly like their own language.

Why don't we let them program in what ever language
they want (even COBOL) but call it C?

We can have the preprocessor wrap the whole thing
in a system command that calls the appropriate compiler

e.g.
sprintf(bigbuffer, " BASIC < %s", file_contents);
system(bigbuffer);

That way everybody can be a C programmer without
learning anything new.
--
"I speak for myself and all of the lawyers of the world"
If I say something dumb, then they will have to sue themselves.