Talk:Long literals, with continuations: Difference between revisions

moved my comment so as to be replying to a query after my query was moved to the wrong place.
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:: If you really want the task to be about a comparison of how different programming languages handle literal data '''then why isn't that the task?''' See [[Quoting constructs]] for what the task ''could'' have been. --[[User:Thundergnat|Thundergnat]] ([[User talk:Thundergnat|talk]]) 14:46, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
 
::: Your comments about pointless and irrelevant constraints isn't germane to the task's description and/or requirements.   Adding code to make the task less boring just makes it harder to compare computer programming languages (in regards to how other entries solve the task at hand.     -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 15:24, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
 
::: Because I choose to have the task to be about how (different) computer programming languages handle   (or specify, define, express)   long literals with continuations.     -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 15:24, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
 
::: Your comments about pointless and irrelevant constraints isn't germane to the task's description and/or requirements.   Adding code to make the task less boring just makes it harder to compare computer programming languages (in regards to how other entries solve the task at hand.     -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 15:24, 25 March 2020 (UTC)