[upinsmoke]

This uses SubjectiveScript.m by same author: https://github.com/kmalakoff/SubjectiveScript.m

A, N are typedefs of existing types.

"While JavaScript allows flexibility in variable types, Objective-C requires explicit variable types. To try to keep it brief, I tried to condense types down to the shortest name possible:

typedef BOOL B; typedef NSInteger I; typedef NSUInteger UI; typedef float F; typedef double D; typedef id KV[2]; // key-value pair

#define NSO NSObject #define A NSMutableArray #define NSA NSArray #define O NSMutableDictionary #define NSD NSDictionary #define S NSMutableString #define NSS NSString #define Date NSDate #define N NSNumber #define E NSException"

Just read that want me to stay far away from this.

[joubert]

Shortening NSUInteger to UI is anti-ergonomic in a language used to construct UI's.

I'm also surprised that O stands for NSMutableDictionary but NSD for NSDictionary. What is an "O"?

Another thing I would argue is that using the shorter #defines for mutables would encourage their use. Instead, it might be prudent to encourage use of the immutables.

[kalleboo]

I'm not sure why this guy just doesn't use MUMPS instead

[mikeash]

Most of those typedefs are just silly, but the KV typedef is outright dangerous, since arrays are treated very differently from other values in C. Try returning a KV from a method and you're in for a big surprise.