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Re:CSS @property and the New Style by samatman on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @07:28PM (#41451911)
You could just call it syntax, you know.
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Re:CSS @property and the New Style by Jerrrrrrry on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @09:46PM (#41452719)
Everyone reading this speaks multiple computer languages, and knows what a "syntax" is.

The disambiguation between levels (grammars) of syntax is what the above poster was both lamenting and heralding - possibly unaware of it's technical and mathematical necessity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambiguous_grammar#Trivial_lang...

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