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Gotta escape those asterisks so you don't output italics. f(*g(*x)) is just as good as f(g(x*)*) Hmm, function names go before parentheses, that looks like a
by card_zero 2y ago
Gotta escape those asterisks so you don't output italics.
f(*g(*x)) is just as good as f(g(x*)*)
Hmm, function names go before parentheses, that looks like a good reason for dereferencing to be prefix too, otherwise they end up a long way apart.
But in the back of mind I'm thinking "semantics cause pointless fussy arguments, all code is ugly, let's stop programming in text somehow".
- 3836293648 2y agoOh yeah, forgot HN supported some markdown. But this is literally not semantics. Semantics is everything of value, this is just syntax.
- card_zero 2y agoSorry, yes, syntax. I was equating it to "purely semantic argument", arguing about the meaning of words. Here about it's where to put symbols.