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It's weird removing syntactic features from a programming language. Do you provide tests? The odds of regression are small (unlikely to accidentally reimplement it unless there are bad merges). I feel it's good to exercise the change somehow though.

@cwebber@octodon.social Thanks. I completely understand: I'm super hesitant to critique in public. I think syntax pivots are incredibly hard. When I learnt coffeescript I occasionally had to look at the compiled JS to understand the syntax. Somehow the JS felt more 'real' (and wasn't whitespace sensitive). Small syntax changes are much easier: just give the user an autofix script for their programs.

It's funny how common round UI elements have become. Round avatars are widespread, and Android is moving to round app icons. It's especially odd when so many UIs are built on a grid. You necessarily waste space with circles. Are they more ergonomic for fingers, somehow?