[HN Gopher] Jelly
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       Jelly
        
       Author : tosh
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2021-07-11 11:43 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | singlow wrote:
       | Re-title "Jelly Programming Language" and add [2018]?
        
       | desine wrote:
       | For those in the comments just wanting a quick rundown:
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       | Python3 based programming language for "golfing" (I had to double
       | check it was code golfing, there's probably actual golf
       | scorekeeping or course design DSLs by now).
       | 
       | I'll never hate on esoteric programming language concepts, even
       | with minimal usecase. A brainfuck compiler was the second I ever
       | installed, after a borland C++ IDE student license at age 15. But
       | I don't see much use case, or even justification. Code golfing by
       | macro-ing common math operations in python is nifty - and like
       | many projects, inevitable in the "infinite monkeys with
       | typewriters" sense, but altogether not that interesting. I guess
       | it's in the OG spirit of HN, high concept nerd shit only
       | programmers care about, but if someone beat my python code golf
       | submission only because they used some obscure Unicode character
       | that I don't know how to type that combines 3 math operations
       | into one, I'd mentally call them a try-hard and move on with my
       | life.
       | 
       | edit: but I'm also a hypocrite because I've been obsessed with
       | Lisp (mostly just R7RS scheme) for the past year and what is that
       | other than over-macro-ing your code
        
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