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		ahy1 on Feb 4, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: So you want to write your own language? So what if the syntax is (part of) what makes your language novel, interesting and special?

mathgladiator on Feb 4, 2014 [–]

From my experience, syntax tends to align with bike shedding. Semantics, on the other hand, tend to be nuclear reactors.

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