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The idea was to have a compiler for pseudocode used in CS books in place of real code.
There are a few small differences (eg. using = vs :=) but most books and interview-preparing materials use a C-like notation.
Then I started reading papers written by language researchers (which use haskell-like pseudocode) and realised the size of the task at hand.
Probably trying to please only CS students / people doing interviews would still make for a fun hack.
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The idea was to have a compiler for pseudocode used in CS books in place of real code.
There are a few small differences (eg. using = vs :=) but most books and interview-preparing materials use a C-like notation.
Then I started reading papers written by language researchers (which use haskell-like pseudocode) and realised the size of the task at hand.
Probably trying to please only CS students / people doing interviews would still make for a fun hack.