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		Alifatisk on Oct 11, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Proposal: JavaScript Structs Why couldn’t you just write a paragraph instead of using some citing system for formulating your sentence?

Philpax on Oct 11, 2024 [–]

They're footnotes and are meant to be read as supplementary notes to the core message.

Alifatisk on Oct 11, 2024 | [–]

But we already have a way for supplementary notes, it's by using parentheses? Like this:

  Today I went for a walk (which I don't usually do), and I saw a squirrel.

Or have I been doing it wrong?

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