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by couchand 4005 days ago
I'm not convinced the distinction is valuable. Since you already have * and {} you don't really need two distinct variable types.
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I think it's a good thing (tm) that { x sin } could be valid code with x pushing the value of x whereas sin is executing the value of sin.

Theoretically speaking, I need at least the deff and defq distinction, otherwise { } could not be invoked during "parse" time. The defv case could in principle be removed, but as * needs to execute (otherwise nothing ever will), execution would need to be the default or I would need to decide based on dynamic type. The first option would mean a lot of superfluous {} (or | actually) around normal data variables, the second one would destroy the nice similarities between arrays, strings and functions with integer domains.