Programming Languages

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This is the current Lemmy equivalent of https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/.

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This community is dedicated to the theory, design and implementation of programming languages.

Be nice to each other. Flame wars and rants are not welcomed. Please also put some effort into your post.

This isn't the right place to ask questions such as "What language should I use for X", "what language should I learn", and "what's your favorite language". Such questions should be posted in /c/learn_programming or /c/programming.

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"Check out this new language I've been working on!"
"Here's a blog post on how I implemented static type checking into this compiler"
"I want to write a compiler, where do I start?"
"How does the Java compiler work? How does it handle forward declarations/imports/targeting multiple platforms/?"
"How should I test my compiler? How are other compilers and interpreters like gcc, Java, and python tested?"
"What are the pros/cons of ?"
"Compare and contrast vs. "
"Confused about the semantics of this language"
"Proceedings from PLDI / OOPSLA / ICFP / "

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Big Updates to Marksafe! A New Syntax for Rich Content with Enhanced Flexibility (programming.dev)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by sunmark to c/programming_languages

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We’ve just made Marksafe even more intuitive and concise with shorthand syntax and delimiter escaping!

✅ New Shorthand Syntax – Write cleaner markup with:
👉 [uli]item1;;item2;;item3[/uli] instead of [ul][li]item1[/li][li]item2[/li][li]item3[/li][/ul]
👉 [bq]A blockquote example[/bq] instead of [blockquote]A blockquote example[/blockquote]

✅ Delimiter Escaping – Need to use ;;, ,,, or other special characters inside content or attributes? Just escape them with \:
👉 [a]href=https://example.com,,Click here to see \,,escaped commas[/a]

Marksafe keeps all the flexibility of HTML while staying lightweight and readable—perfect for devs who need powerful, secure, and extensible rich text formatting.

🔗 Check it out here: https://github.com/mksunny1/marksafe
💬 Docs & API: https://github.com/mksunny1/marksafe/blob/main/docs/classes/Marksafe.md
💖 Support & Contribute: https://github.com/sponsors/mksunny1

Try it out and let me know what you think!

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[–] Kissaki 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

In what way is it cleaner than Markdown?

[table]
  [tr][th]Header 1;;Header 2;;Header 3[/th][/tr]

That looks like replicating HTML with additional complexity.

Markdown is good because it's simple and text-based. It has a simple syntax. Looking at Marksafe looks like you have to learn more syntax than Markdown and more than HTML.

I can see that additional syntax can make it more concise than HTML. But intuitively I wouldn't conciseness at the cost of additional complexity cleaner.

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