This community is generally fairly dry and to the point, which is a great way to maintain high quality discussions, but I'm enjoying all these fun comments! :)
An astonishingly comprehensible comment from a regular expression.
Semicolon: A language of semicolons
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Re: Semicolon: A language of semicolons
#82I'd like to point out that it's theoretically possible to define a program without semicolons. Which major Semicolon library will be the first to ditch semicolons?
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#84Upvoted because there is no such thing as too many semicolon-related threads :sigh:
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#86I <3 you so hard, Internet.
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#87now i'll wait for the logging evaluator.
ps: does it compatible with uterus.js?
Re: Semicolon: A language of semicolons
#88Hi guys, just wanted to tag along with this thread, because I'm a huge fan of Semicolon! One thing I've always found aggravating though... Those darn semicolons! So I'm creating CoffeeColon, because all these semi-colons are such a hassle. It's probably easiest if I just show you the language in action, rather than going through a long diatribe. So here's my hello world!: " " ^ Pretty elegant, right? let's try someth…
This is the perfect opportunity to share Acme::Bleach. From the docs;
The first time you run a program under use Acme::Bleach, the module removes all the unsightly printable characters from your source file. The code continues to work exactly as it did before, but now it looks like this:
use Acme::Bleach;
Re: Semicolon: A language of semicolons
#89I'm disappointed that the designer of this language has limited himself to just the semicolon (";", U+003B) and the reversed semicolon ("⁏", U+204F). What about the Arabic semicolon ("؛", U+061B) and the Greek question mark (";", U+037E)? They're both perfectly valid options.
(I can understand avoiding the turned semicolon ("⸵", U+2E35), given that it doesn't seem to display properly. Can't be having unrenderable codes in one's language; it could severely reduce readability!)
To remedy this lack, I present to you my own semicolon-derived metalanguage, Hemidemisemicolon. A sample Hello World program follows:
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؛;⁏⁏;;؛; ؛;⁏;
⁏;;;
An implementation note: the final semicolons on each line are optional. I was wondering if that was a good idea or not, but I'm sure it won't cause any trouble down the track.
Re: Semicolon: A language of semicolons
#90Now the reversed semicolon renders with perfect reversion of normal semicolon.