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		hot_gril on Dec 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Systems ideas that sound good but almost never wor... I've yet to see a DSL work great. Every single time, I'm asking "why isn't this just Python (or some other lang)" especially the times when it's some jacked up variant of Python.

dude187 on Dec 31, 2024 | [–]

Groovy running on jython

hot_gril on Jan 6, 2025 | [–]

Oh wait, regex is a DSL

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