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I think this is a valid point. I would much prefer if the spiral rule were presented as a helpful mnemonic for remembering C operator precedence rather than something uniquely conn…

Being taught this rule in undergrad really hampered my appreciation of C. As I've said in a previous comment, the real key that unlocked understanding C declarations for me is the …

> When I was in mathematics, reading other people's work was always more rewarding to me than doing my own. [...] I really welcome the omniscient mathematician machine people are p…

Since this is about C declarations: for anyone who (like me) had the misfortune of learning the so-called "spiral rule" in college rather than being taught how declarations in C wo…

Oh awesome, thanks for the pointer!

I once considered Wren for a situation where I (to a first approximation) wanted to allow users to write 'plugins' that link against my internal C application symbols but using a l…

FWIW --- programmer dvorak lets you type () without "shift" but both ~ and ^ require shift. https://www.kaufmann.no/roland/dvorak/

Re: visualizations of lambda terms, also see "To Dissect a Mockingbird" https://dkeenan.com/Lambda/