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goldfather8
10y ago
Notation is created to encode information - the intent here. A silly example: replacing self with a snowman unicode. There is no reason to do so - but now when you look at a buffer, you will be able to see all instances of self instantly. I
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goldfather8
10y ago
Hi, author here. Most of your points are addressable by two observations: 1. Context and readibility are user dependent. 2. Choices were made for semantic parsing first and correctness second. The returns symbol was chosen as right arrow si