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> It's like, the simple stuff doesn't really tell me anything.

It tells you loads.

* The basic syntax is C-like but modern (no brackets around the `while` expression). There are alternatives - it could have been lispy or more ML like.

* You can mutate variables.

* You have some weird advanced hieroglyphic features.

You only used 5 lines and you've already told me loads.

Loads of languages get this right. I gave some examples here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37805216

(And another language that gets it completely wrong - AngelScript.)



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