notes on #syntax design, with a well-deserved roasting for #XML. “One of the most recognizable features of a [language] is its syntax. What are some of the things about syntax that matter? What questions might you ask if you were creating a syntax for your own language?”
on 02026-05-20notes on #Zig #syntax. Apparently break W causes the loop expression to return W!
#Wisp is a whitespace-sensitive #syntax for #Scheme (so far implemented only for #Guile), standardized as #SRFI 119
on 02024-01-28A #Tandem #TACL program. The #syntax looks shitty but at least it supports structured control structures: [#IF [I1] < 1 |THEN| [<a href="../tag/set.html">#SET</a> I1 1]]. The [] are the equivalent of $() or $ in ksh.