[akkartik]

Why do you miss dictionary literals? Syntax similar to arc's seems to do it for me:

  (obj a 1 b 2 c 3)

[gruseom]

We do the same thing:

  (make :a 1 :b 2 :c 3)

which macroexpands into a plist in CL and {a:1, b:2, c:3} in JS. I've grown to like this idiom a lot. Yeah, you have to type OBJ or MAKE or whatever but in return you get something that integrates completely smoothly with the rest of the language.

[metageek]

Y'know, I'm not sure. Next time I need to use a hash, I'll create something like that and see how it feels.