Post #2192369
2026-05-06 21:25 UTC
@lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place As a Lisp supremacist I’m aghast at that syntax 😅
More seriously, I’m curious about how you came up with the idea, what informed the design decisions, and its advantages/disadvantages compared to its numerous competitors…(SXML, EDN, conspack, …)
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@lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-05-06 22:18
@contrapunctus@fe.disroot.org intro: i wrote classic s-expressions for about a year before i lost my patience. i looked at what was there at the time in terms of parensless syntax layers (2016) and none of it felt very modern and practical for what i needed. i was working on a new language anyway, so i figured i'd throw the legacy baggage overboard and do a pythonic spin on it, and then some. and now, 10 years later, i'm still happy with my choices and leaning on the format even harder.