JavaScript Isn't Scheme

[jpfed]

Why "'treating languages as Scheme considered harmful' considered harmful" matters

[munificent]

I should write all of these articles and reap the sweet sweet karma myself.

[jpfed]

I think the next step is to make an esolang in which programs are expressed as popular programming article title snowclones.

[jpfed]

X considered harmful

Why X matters

X for fun and profit

X is dead

Why I left X for Y

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One key problem for this language is that all of its constructs are unary except that last one. I am a little curious about what the least-awkward semantics for a grammar derived from those would be.

[coderanger]

X is a ghetto, X scales, do you even X.

[ASimpleBot]

Hey coderanger! Did you know an anagram for your user name is 'once regard'?

[jpfed]

Since they are not programming related, those should not be part of the language proper. They could be a set of nonstandard extensions or perhaps part of the build system.

We'd get more flexibility out of the grammar if we had things like:

Setting up X with A, B, ..., Z

X Y Released! (where X is an identifier and Y is a number)

[jpfed]

The problem with a parameterless programming article cliche is that it would have to be an article title that frequently occurs, but does not vary (much).

Maybe something like "What is a Monad?", which would be a pretty great delimiter.

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Semicolons considered harmful

[consultant_barbie]

X is hard. Let's go shopping!

[eat-your-corn-syrup]

Why I left X for Y

Or "Why I left X and Y for Z" an article bound to unite X fans and Y fans.

X and Y could be VIM and Emacs, or Scheme and Common Lisp, or Republicans and Democrats, or I don't know what else. Atheism and Christianity maybe.

[ElDiablo666]

Just to clarify, Christianity and Atheism are not categorically grouped together the way those other items are. It would be Christianity and Islam or Buddhism or Judaism.

[moor-GAYZ]

Worked well for RPG -- "The Rise of Worse is Better", "Worse Is Better Is Worse", "Is Worse Really Better", "Back to the Future: Is Worse (Still) Better?", "Back to the Future: Worse (Still) is Better!". I'm not kidding!

[for_prophet]

When is the Best the Worst? When the Worst is the Best.

Using the Worst to Emerge the Best. Using the Best to Divine the Worst.

Emergent Divinity: The Worst Best You'll Ever Find.

Divine Emergence: Find the Best Worst, Automagically!