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Re:Arthur Whitney releases an open-source K with MIT license by jimberlage on Sunday June 02, 2024 @09:28AM (#40553932)
Would an array language without the terseness, but with hygienic macros, fit the same niche?
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Re:Arthur Whitney releases an open-source K with MIT license by rak1507 on Sunday June 02, 2024 @11:24AM (#40554898)
I don't see how it could, the terseness is the point. I'm not sure how a macro system could really help. Did you have a specific idea in mind?
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Re:Arthur Whitney releases an open-source K with MIT license by jimberlage on Sunday June 02, 2024 @03:32PM (#40556661)
The thought was - if I have a long piece of code repeated, and I want it to be shorter, I can

- Use a language that minimizes the code to write

- Use a helper function, maybe at some runtime cost

- Use a macro, turning a short piece of code into a longer one, at a compile-time cost

Having a DTI (debt-to-income ratio) macro and a very short definition of DTI that looks similar everywhere in code sort of do the same thing.

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