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		true_religion on Aug 27, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Want to Write a Compiler? Just Read These Two Pape... I'm not so sure about that. People chance the sytax because that's an unfront difference between their language and others. Changing the semantics requires a leap for what can be perceive as little benefit (e.g. people will say "isn't this just C++ but with garbage collection?").

silentbicycle on Aug 28, 2011 [–]

Eh. As far as I'm concerned, if the only difference is the syntax, what's the point? But I'm comfortable with the Erlang, K, Lisp, C, and Forth syntax, so "I grafted Ruby syntax on X" is pretty underwhelming.

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