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No, you are deviating from the main point: natural expressiveness. So let me back up: If you think "if (= x 1)" is natural to humans, then try to ask someone in the street "is equa…

Thank you. This is really the impression I have right now after reading all these replies (and those on twitter as well).. Even though I'm trying to argue in a constructive way fro…

Writing code is different from writing mathematical equations. Developers (humans) prefer meaningful variable names, method names, expressions, etc. Comparing this to maths where c…

Yes of course, that's incorrect and provocative in purpose. The point is not about the syntax, but about expressiveness: A programming language should make it easy for a human to e…

Did I mention English? That still applies to any language. If the developer's natural language is Russian, the mental effort to translate what the developer wants to express in Rus…

I have nothing against Clojure, but I agree with Donald Knuth who said: "Programs are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers to execute." [1]. I could be wr…

Nice job! We all like free services without registration :-) This is similar to https://github.com/benas/gossed (uni-directional) and http://websocketd.com/ (bi-directional) tools.…

I'm addicted already!! Thank you for making this

I couldn't agree more. Choose a job you love, and you'll never work a day in your life!