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quickthrower2 on May 26, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: htmx

Programming languages contain English words like if, self, else, then, function, def, this, exception…

Me/my is rarer: Reminds me of VB

recursivedoubts on May 26, 2023 [–]

it's a separate project, hyperscript:

https://hyperscript.org

it's based on HyperTalk, the scripting language of HyperCard:

https://hypercard.org/

with some Web-specific syntax thrown in to make things cleaner:

  add .visible to <section.fade-in/>

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