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I find it amusing that arithmetics is always invoked in any discussion about nested expressions syntax, despite being largely unimportant in most of the typical
by sklogic 11y ago
I find it amusing that arithmetics is always invoked in any discussion about nested expressions syntax, despite being largely unimportant in most of the typical code scenarios.
- SomeCallMeTim 11y agoI used an arithmetic example, but since everything in Forth is just "words", it all reads the same.
- sklogic 11y agoAnd it is much closer to plain English than all that too nested languages. And most of the code must be like English, not like arithmetic expressions.
- SomeCallMeTim 11y agoPlain English is hardly succinct and precise either. Repeat after me: "There is no silver bullet." There, that wasn't so hard.
- sklogic 11y ago> Plain English is hardly succinct and precise either. But so far it's the best form of communication we've got.