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.

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• 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

• Meaning of List, Array, Vector, Tuple, Slice, in Programing Languages
• Predicate in Programing Languages and Naming
• Variable Naming: English Words Considered Harmful
• Parameter names start with phi φ, variable names start with xi ξ

misc

• TypeScript Ladder Flow

• 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

• AutoHotkey Syntax Problems

• What is Expressiveness in Programing Languages
• Unix Shell Shebang Hack #!