tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344891259234150808.post8305629684368379973..comments2016-01-25T09:58:41.765-08:00Comments on Lux Devlog: Lux's values, types, signatures & structuresEduardo Juliánhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16436429020274670468noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344891259234150808.post-89285286514830461212015-11-15T13:18:33.099-08:002015-11-15T13:18:33.099-08:00Thanks.
Well, I agree that chars are least used.Thanks.<br /><br />Well, I agree that chars are least used.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09477939953794724674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344891259234150808.post-12647604176660989072015-11-13T06:51:26.286-08:002015-11-13T06:51:26.286-08:00Besides, since chars are probably the least used d...Besides, since chars are probably the least used data-type in programming, I didn't think people would mind the new syntax a lot.Eduardo Juliánhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436429020274670468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344891259234150808.post-18045723076247274872015-11-13T06:48:36.722-08:002015-11-13T06:48:36.722-08:00I was trying to minimize the amount of special cha...I was trying to minimize the amount of special characters in Lux.<br /><br />Right now, Lux only has 3 special characters: ", # and ;<br />That's besides delimiters () [] {} and whitespace.<br /><br />If I had added the common syntax for chars, the quote ' would have been claimed. If I had gone with Clojure's syntax, I would have lost the backslash \<br /><br />To keep as many free chars as possible, I went with the current char syntax.<br /><br />The syntax is still subject to change, depending on the feedback of people, but that's the rationale for it.Eduardo Juliánhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436429020274670468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344891259234150808.post-56665124192468858162015-11-13T06:41:41.856-08:002015-11-13T06:41:41.856-08:00Any reason for the "unconventional" synt...Any reason for the "unconventional" syntax for Char ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09477939953794724674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344891259234150808.post-72505203931282717042015-11-06T04:18:59.998-08:002015-11-06T04:18:59.998-08:00I'll be linking the blog to the repo, but I li...I'll be linking the blog to the repo, but I like publishing to the blog because that way people can talk back and offer their criticism, ideas and ask questions if anything is unclear.Eduardo Juliánhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436429020274670468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344891259234150808.post-56995007339231231252015-11-06T04:11:33.896-08:002015-11-06T04:11:33.896-08:00Nice write-up, isn't it better to keep this in...Nice write-up, isn't it better to keep this in the github repo as well ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09477939953794724674noreply@blogger.com