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Comma-separated lists are inherently ugly--you're basically using a binary operator to cons values together. I can never understand why more languages don't support either juxtaposition (i.e. Lisp-like list construction) or semantic whitespace with "bulleted" prefixing (i.e. YAML-like list construction.)


Because a comma-separated list is how humans write (and read) lists?




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