Wed 2004-02-04 17:02, John Dumas (1:261/38.1) wrote to
andrew.clarke!3.633.267.0{at}filegate.:

 JD> int (*cat)(char *);

 JD> int sound( char *noise )
 JD> {
 JD>    printf(  "%s\n",noise ) ;
 JD>   return 1;
 JD> }

 JD> cat = &sound;

 JD> cat ( "meow" );

 JD> Is there a way to:

 JD> cat "meow";

 JD> without the ( ) ?

Not in C.  BASIC and REXX are two languages that come to mind that allow this syntax.

 JD>  may use a define?

 JD> #define (cat x) (cat (x))
 JD> does not work

 JD> I heard a basic was written in C.

A basic what?

If you mean the language BASIC was written in C, then that makes little
sense.  It's possible to write a BASIC interpreter (or compiler) in
virtually any computer language you like, however the original BASIC
interpreters were most likely all written in assembler (machine code
mnemonics).

 JD> I was going to try to make a more script like program.

Over time you may appreciate the benefits of C syntax over the syntax of
languages you already know.

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