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samatman
on Feb 18, 2022
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Skip: A programming language to skip the things yo...
What's stopped me from using this syntax in the past is that it means LTE in basically any language I can think of. One can certainly design a grammar where it's unambiguous, I have in fact, but it still doesn't
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mst
on Feb 18, 2022
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R uses <- which is less ambiguous at the cost of no longer having an equals sign in it.
Dylan16807
on Feb 18, 2022
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That sounds like a benefit to me, not a cost.
lostmsu
on March 4, 2022
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That also means they have to use spaces? Otherwise what is the difference between x <- 1 and x < -1?
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