Syntax Soup
Syntax is the most important aspect of a programing language
The quality of a programing language, can be judged by how much of it can be explained by its syntax alone.
Systematic Grammar
Unix Pipe, Dot Notation, Postfix Notation
Context Dependent Semantics
Programing Language Operators
- What Are Good Qualities of Computer Language Syntax?
- Syntax Design Problem: Irregularity vs Convenience
- Sugar Syntax: Compiler Level vs User Level
- Java Array Syntax Soup: Syntactic Irregularity and Ad Hoc Logic
- JavaScript Grammar is Not Context-Free!
- Why List Comprehension is Bad
- Write All If Statement as If Expression
- Hack of Bitmask as Boolean Parameters
- camelCase vs snake_case
- Problems of Symbol Congestion in Computer Languages; ASCII Jam vs Unicode
- What is Point-free Programing? (point-free function syntax)
- Programing Language Design: String Syntax
- Here-String and Newline Convention Complexity
- Syntax, Formal Language, Pattern Matching
- What Does it Mean When a Programing Language Claims “Whitespace is Insignificant”?
Variable Naming
- The Naming of List Things in Computer Languages
- Predicate in Programing Languages and Naming
- Variable Naming: English Words Considered Harmful
- Sigil for Variable Names
misc
- Math Notation, Programing Language Syntax, and Thought
- On Meta Syntax, Formal Language, and Logic
- The TeX Pestilence: Why TeX/LaTeX Sucks
- The Problems of Traditional Math Notation
- A Notation for Plane Geometry
- What is Expressiveness in Programing Languages
- Unix/Linux Shell Shebang: Who Gets to Use the First Char?