Keep the language definition small and simple.

保持语言定义小而简单。

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The entire language definition is spread across several specs.

整个语言的定义跨越了这些规范。

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Goto statements and recursive function calls may be supported by the language definition, but it is known that using other methods makes the code easier to understand.

语言规范可能支持goto语句和递归函数调用，但使用其他方法能够让代码更易于理解。

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So C or the compiler's for C are kind of dumb, by definition of the language years ago, whereby, they only know about what they've already seen.

所以C或者C的编译器是有点愚蠢的，根据多年前这个语言的定义，凭借那个，他们只知道,他们所看到的。

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