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    1. in non-nightmarish news, for those following, i got let bindings to work in #jn. supports nesting, name shadowing, the works. starting to look like a real language, and we havent broken 2k SLOC
      oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their APIoh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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  1. …in reply to @ra
    hm, let bindings were the first form that i felt caused me to introduce "too much convenience" into the analyzer. my first draft has a special case implicit do block for the body, which feels weird. new draft removes that, requires exactly three arguments to let.
    oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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      the idea is that any logic that is inside the analyzer is effectively closed off from the user, so i want to minimize it, and let conveniences happen in macros instead.
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      1. …in reply to @ra
        language work is a constant balance between "build it right" and "but i want it to be good now!"
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