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by no_wizard 438 days ago
It's due to Polish notation[0] as far as I understand it. This is how that notation for mathematics works.

I suppose my suggestion would break those semantics.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_notation

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Aye, Polish notation sure. But what he gave me wasn’t a lecture, it was a spell.

Syntax mattered less than rhythm. Parens weren’t fences, they were measures. The REPL didn’t care if I understood. It played anyway.