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Re:Nim vs. Crystal by makapuf on Thursday December 26, 2019 @06:44PM (#21887859)
Well C can be used without those:

   #define BEGIN {
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Re:Nim vs. Crystal by k__ on Friday December 27, 2019 @05:02PM (#21895136)
Haha.

To me BASIC syntax always looks like a clunky version of C syntax and the pre-processor code you wrote is just what I have in mind when seeing this.

It always feels like someone wanted to do ML syntax, but didn't go all the way with it.

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