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Gotta escape those asterisks so you don't output italics.

f(*g(*x)) is just as good as f(g(x*)*)

Hmm, function names go before parentheses, that looks like a good reason for dereferencing to be prefix too, otherwise they end up a long way apart.

But in the back of mind I'm thinking "semantics cause pointless fussy arguments, all code is ugly, let's stop programming in text somehow".



Oh yeah, forgot HN supported some markdown.

But this is literally not semantics. Semantics is everything of value, this is just syntax.


Sorry, yes, syntax. I was equating it to "purely semantic argument", arguing about the meaning of words. Here about it's where to put symbols.




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