| ▲ | burnerzzzzz 8 hours ago |
| “syntax sugar” means its a new language. It has a new syntax. |
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| ▲ | rkomorn 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| This is the first time I've seen someone argue that adding syntactic sugar means creating a new language. |
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| ▲ | bryanrasmussen 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | it really depends on how much syntactic sugar you add. You could go back 13 years, show somebody some JSX and ask them what language they think it is and nobody would be well that's obviously JavaScript with a bit of sugar on top. | | |
| ▲ | rkomorn 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | Sure, if I'd been replying to a comment that had anything resembling nuance, that would be applicable. It did not. |
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| ▲ | theshrike79 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| So Python with type definitions (syntax sugar) is a new language? |
