Answer by Nuoji for How can isolated focus on syntax be counterproductive in...
The primary reason why not get too bogged down in syntax early on is because syntax cannot be properly evaluated until you're actually sitting down and working in the language solving real tasks.A...
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Let me balance the direction of the question first: It's not a bad thing to care about syntax.Syntax really matters- but perhaps not in just the ways you might thinkFor example (and all this really...
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I'm relatively new to the field of PL design, and I want to build a language. Before I start, I want to learn from the languages that have come before mine. Syntax seems like it matters, and so I want...
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