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A lot comments are misunderstanding this article. This person is not complaining about differences in programming syntax across languages at all. He is making
by hacknat 6y ago
A lot comments are misunderstanding this article. This person is not complaining about differences in programming syntax across languages at all. He is making a very specific complaint about how PL Notation (i.e metasyntax not syntax) in academic literature isn't standardized. This has nothing to do with the vagaries of Perl vs Lisp and everything to do with how PL white papers are written.
- the_af 6y agoGuilty as charged! I did read the article but misunderstood it. In my (admittedly weak) defense, the conversation that ensued in the thread started by my comment was interesting. But you're right: it was also off-topic!