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It Was The Programming Language Of The Future – So Why Is Nobody Using It?
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Does anyone have thoughts about non-head keywords in s-exp based lanugages? Particularly for teaching. I mean things like:
```
(case x of
[(empty) => 0]
[(cons h t) => (+ 1 (length t)])```
or
```
(if (< x 3)
then 4
else (+ x 7))
```I find that knowing what's a binding and knowing what's a return expression is one of the things my students struggle with in Racket/Plait/Flit.
I'm hesitant to drop S-Expressions because (1) it makes writing tooling for things like holes really easy, (2) it emphasizes the point that expressions are trees, (3) it's different syntax, and I want students to learn to see past syntax, and (4) it tends to trip up language models that can't distinguish different LISPs.
(I also don't like that Shrubbery languages use C-style `f(x)` instead of Haskell style `f x` but that's just personal preference).
Adding extra keywords like `of` and `=> ` introduces new overhead, like I have to explain that they're not arguments, they're just keywords to help make things readable.
Are there Racket #langs or macros that do similar things? Does anyone have experience with things like this?
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#langs that Fit in Your Head
https://countvajhula.com/2024/12/09/langs-that-fit-in-your-head/Thanks Sid!
Discussion at https://racket.discourse.group/t/langs-that-fit-in-your-head/3404
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Right now, #Veismane #Cudars #Petersone #Praulins #Langs #Diksa et al sound in #Riga https://buff.ly/4a9nrPy #wch
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In 20 minutes, #Veismane #Cudars #Petersone #Praulins #Langs #Diksa et al sound in #Riga https://buff.ly/4a9nrPy #wch
