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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Python (was Re: I did not inhale)
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 00:00:17 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:55:36 +0100, Bart wrote:

> There's lot of things that language syntax might not need. For example, 
> I could dispense with the closing parentheses here:
> 
>    x = (a + (b + (c + d
> 
> as they can supplied as needed at end-of-line.

Then you can’t continue an expression across multiple lines.

There was one language vaguely I recall (might have been a Lisp dialect) 
where a single “]” would be interpreted as closing all currently-unmatched 
“(”. Scheme, I believe, realizes that long lines of “))))” just make the 
(human) reader’s eyes glaze over, so they allow “[” and “]” with the same 
meanings as “(” and “)”, but you must pair like with like. As if “)])]” is 
much of an improvement.

People can, and do, experiment with many different ideas in programming 
languages.