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No I meant "syntactic sugar" in a good way, i didnt realise it was a pejorative. I mean it as per the definition on wikipedia: Syntactic sugar is a computer
by TamDenholm 15y ago
No I meant "syntactic sugar" in a good way, i didnt realise it was a pejorative.
I mean it as per the definition on wikipedia:
Syntactic sugar is a computer science term that refers to syntax within a programming language that is designed to make things easier to read or to express, while alternative ways of expressing them exist.
- jerf 15y agoIt is not generally perjorative. Some people interpret it as automatically perjorative, feeling that any syntactic sugar must necessarily carry costs in excess of benefits, but they are in the minority. Sizable minority, but minority. Concentrations of people who dislike all syntax sugar can be found in the Forth community and concatenative languages in general, Lisp, and to a lesser extent, in the Haskell community. People who think syntax sugar is the answer to everything can be found in the Perl 5 community, and Perl 6 is arguably syntax sugar spun into cotton candy, hardened, and used to build a glorious gossamer castle in the sky, which they are currently working on landing. I have taken this metaphor too far.
- louisdefunes 15y agoFTFY: pejorative