From: gah4@u.washington.edu   
      
   On Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 10:28:44 AM UTC-8, Keith Thompson wrote:   
      
   (big snip)   
      
   > (I'm not arguing that C's integer type system isn't overly complicated.)   
      
   One reason for that, as noted above, is reserved words.   
      
   Adding new reserved words risks invalidating existing programs.   
      
   I do notice that Java has a reserved word "goto" without a defined use.   
   Someone was planning ahead.   
      
   C could have reserved some words for future use, if someone thought about it.   
      
   So adding new types is complicated.   
   [I think this is where you use #pragma to say which new keywords you're   
   using.  Yes, it's a kludge. -John]   
      
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