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Re:Rip language. Compiles to ES2022. Built-in reactivity by childintime on Thursday April 23, 2026 @03:33AM (#47873090)
What about APL? Sigh, why not just use named functions?

I also doubt array comprehensions are a win, it feels like niche syntax.

Re:Rip language. Compiles to ES2022. Built-in reactivity by jampekka on Thursday April 23, 2026 @03:36AM (#47873112)
> Sigh, why not just use named functions?

I.e. a Lisp?

Re:Rip language. Compiles to ES2022. Built-in reactivity by childintime on Thursday April 23, 2026 @04:09AM (#47873322)
> Inspired by: CoffeeScript, Lisp, Ruby | Powered by: Bun
Re:Rip language. Compiles to ES2022. Built-in reactivity by jampekka on Thursday April 23, 2026 @04:13AM (#47873346)
I meant that most Lisps are named functions/macros only (with some named special forms), and you are calling for that kind of syntax?