Erg: a statically typed language that is Python compatible

Re:Erg: a statically typed language that is Python compatible by smt88 on Sunday August 14, 2022 @02:55PM (#32461839)

> unnecessary line noise

It's not noise, though. It protects me from common whitespace issues like careless copying/pasting, style differences between me and other developers, and IDE/OS settings.

It's also just easier to scan. Imagine if we did the same thing with math:

    a * b / (c - d)

Look at that noise! We can get rid of some of those symbols, right? Let's replace parentheses with whitespace instead.

   a*b/ c - d

So now it's denser and I typed fewer characters, but it's harder to scan because my eyes don't register " " as quickly and easily as they register "{".

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Erg: a statically typed language that is Python compatible by dexterlemmer on Friday August 19, 2022 @04:00PM (#32525375)

I don't see the connection between white space in PLs and parenthesis in math.

On the other hand: Let's consider what the Python-like version of math actually look like:

    f(x) = :
        x, if x > 0
        -x/2, if x < 0 and x is even
        0, otherwise

In stead of:

              __
             /
             | x,  if x > 0
    f(x) =  <  -x/2, if x < 0 and x is even
             | 0, otherwise
             \__

The latter is, of course how math actually looks.

[ Parent | on HN ]