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> Sheer information density per character isn't something I value in a programming language

Not that extreme but I find it undervalued in most mainstream languages; I value easy to understand and and descriptive for stuff I rarely use or need, but for things I use all the time, like map, fold, etcetc; why are those constructs not 1 char; it is not like I will forget the use or when someone reads it will not know the use of those functions.



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