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Rubysyn: Clarifying Ruby's Syntax and Semantics

by petalmind on 4/1/2026, 9:54:18 AM

https://github.com/squadette/rubysyn/blob/master/README.md

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by: Smalltalker-80

I prefer the postcard ;-) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;richardeng.medium.com&#x2F;syntax-on-a-post-card-cb6d85fabf88" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;richardeng.medium.com&#x2F;syntax-on-a-post-card-cb6d85fa...</a>

4/5/2026, 8:34:14 AM


by: SeriousM

&gt; This is an experiment in clarifying some aspects of Ruby syntax and semantics. For that we&#x27;re going to introduce an alternative Lisp-based syntax for Ruby, preserving Ruby semantics.<p>Lisp? Then I would use Lisp...<p>&gt; The goal is to define a comprehensive, trivially-parsable and sugar-free syntax.<p>Ruby has syntax sugar, no need to remove the funny parts.

4/5/2026, 8:41:42 AM