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by mdcox 3913 days ago
For those interested in seeing the language, the README has a link to the tutorial ( http://masak.github.io/007/ ) hidden at the very bottom of the (highly entertaining) narrative.
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Aw c'mon, it was a gripping read until the end and then.. no unquote?!
Oh, we'll get unquotes, don't worry. It's more a question of not-yet-implemented than anything else.

Here I might as well ask HN what syntax I should go with for unquotes in 007. In Perl 6, unquotes are written as three nested braces: {{{$ast}}}

Almost no-one is happy with that syntax. It manages to be distinctive (and can be easily syntax-highlighted, too) but pretty it ain't.

The difficulty of finding something better is that it has to be orthogonal to basically all other syntax in the language. And that's a challenge in Perl. :) People keep proposing Unicode sigils and stuff, but I haven't seen something I like yet.

Of all movies to quote, he picks Never Say Never Again...