Python's greatest language design accomplishment is retaining an LL(1) grammar through decades of iteration. https://docs.python.org/3/reference/grammar.html …
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I believe so. Syntactic clutter wastes brainpower when writing code and especially when reading it.
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic
is LL(1) really that related to a human's sense of simplicity? Do we think like parsing algorithms?
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I think we human programmers are LL(k<4) parsers with a strong aesthetic sense.
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @ffee_machine
With syntax highlighting, k ranges over constant-colored blocks rather than words/characters.
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