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| 2026-03-04 01:10:25 +0100 | <geekosaur> | and do remember that code is written to be readable by humans, not the computer. if we cared about the computer reading it we'd still be keying programs in in hex |
| 2026-03-04 01:09:55 +0100 | <geekosaur> | even with escapes it was really hard to deal with; without, well, I'm sure you could get a lexer to handle it but $* help the reader |
| 2026-03-04 01:09:48 +0100 | <yin> | x `w `f` z` y |
| 2026-03-04 01:09:46 +0100 | <EvanR> | "abc "def" ghi" |
| 2026-03-04 01:09:16 +0100 | <geekosaur> | (well, with escapes) |
| 2026-03-04 01:09:08 +0100 | <geekosaur> | because those _did_ nest |
| 2026-03-04 01:08:56 +0100 | <geekosaur> | go look at why the Bourne shell's backrticks were replaced with `$()` |
| 2026-03-04 01:08:54 +0100 | <EvanR> | lol |
| 2026-03-04 01:08:46 +0100 | <EvanR> | imagine if strings could be nested without escaping the " |
| 2026-03-04 01:08:05 +0100 | <chromoblob> | why would it be a nightmare? |
| 2026-03-04 01:08:05 +0100 | <int-e> | x ◖infix◗ y |
| 2026-03-04 01:07:37 +0100 | <yin> | whitespace as application would be great too |
| 2026-03-04 01:06:42 +0100 | <geekosaur> | plan 9 user? 😛 |
| 2026-03-04 01:06:26 +0100 | <yin> | i wish `f` was just 'f or even `f would be fine |
| 2026-03-04 01:06:17 +0100 | <geekosaur> | consider string parsing |
| 2026-03-04 01:06:05 +0100 | <geekosaur> | if they'd chosen a different closing character it would have been easier |
| 2026-03-04 01:05:50 +0100 | <geekosaur> | chromoblob: not gonna happen, nightmare to parse those nested backticks and in general backticked expressions |
| 2026-03-04 01:04:53 +0100 | <lambdabot> | LowercaseLetter |
| 2026-03-04 01:04:52 +0100 | <geekosaur> | > generalCategory '𝐱' |
| 2026-03-04 01:04:45 +0100 | <chromoblob> | heh |
| 2026-03-04 01:04:35 +0100 | <yin> | scared me for a moment |
| 2026-03-04 01:04:22 +0100 | <chromoblob> | different o's |
| 2026-03-04 01:04:15 +0100 | <yin> | what |
| 2026-03-04 01:04:10 +0100 | <chromoblob> | lol |
| 2026-03-04 01:03:53 +0100 | <lambdabot> | 7 |
| 2026-03-04 01:03:52 +0100 | <int-e> | > let (ο,o,о) = (1,2,3) in ο + o + о + ο |
| 2026-03-04 01:03:19 +0100 | merijn | (~merijn@host-cl.cgnat-g.v4.dfn.nl) (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) |
| 2026-03-04 01:02:50 +0100 | <yin> | . o O ( APL ) |
| 2026-03-04 01:02:47 +0100 | <chromoblob> | i'm still waiting for the syntax "a `(b `c` d)` e"... |
| 2026-03-04 01:02:28 +0100 | <EvanR> | ok there was the soviet programming language |
| 2026-03-04 01:02:19 +0100 | <EvanR> | whoever heard of a variable not latin or greek |
| 2026-03-04 01:01:57 +0100 | Sgeo | (~Sgeo@user/sgeo) Sgeo |
| 2026-03-04 01:01:35 +0100 | <chromoblob> | cool... |
| 2026-03-04 01:01:33 +0100 | <EvanR> | are supposed to look like xD |
| 2026-03-04 01:01:28 +0100 | <lambdabot> | -6 |
| 2026-03-04 01:01:27 +0100 | <chromoblob> | > let x ☉ y = -(x * y) in 2 ☉ 3 |
| 2026-03-04 01:01:23 +0100 | <EvanR> | it's fine because obviously variables like x y and z |
| 2026-03-04 01:01:17 +0100 | <geekosaur> | it's kinda stuck without constructors |
| 2026-03-04 01:01:14 +0100 | <lambdabot> | OtherLetter |
| 2026-03-04 01:01:13 +0100 | <int-e> | > generalCategory 'ꙮ' |
| 2026-03-04 01:00:55 +0100 | <EvanR> | but then I guess chinese would be stuck without variables |
| 2026-03-04 01:00:49 +0100 | <lambdabot> | OtherSymbol |
| 2026-03-04 01:00:48 +0100 | <chromoblob> | > generalCategory '☉' |
| 2026-03-04 00:59:45 +0100 | <lambdabot> | OtherLetter |
| 2026-03-04 00:59:44 +0100 | <geekosaur> | > generalCategory 'ש' |
| 2026-03-04 00:59:37 +0100 | <EvanR> | s/green/greek/ |
| 2026-03-04 00:59:31 +0100 | <EvanR> | if you write out some computer text containing latin, green, chinese, arabic, and hebrew, some of these scripts will appear "big" and some "small"... that's how it should've been divided between types, ctors and variables xD |
| 2026-03-04 00:59:17 +0100 | <int-e> | EvanR: The Haskell 2010 report assumes a dichotomy with language like, for example, "Names for variables and type variables are identifiers beginning with lowercase letters or underscore; the other four kinds of names are identifiers beginning with uppercase letters." So this is technically a GHC extension? Hehe. |
| 2026-03-04 00:57:56 +0100 | merijn | (~merijn@host-cl.cgnat-g.v4.dfn.nl) merijn |
| 2026-03-04 00:56:49 +0100 | <lambdabot> | OtherLetter |