Programming Languages Made Better

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Proposes concrete language hacks: Python gains a new delimiter called the embrace via PEP 913 to optionally override indentation, JavaScript gains a fuzzy comparison tilly operator that treats 1/3 as “kind of” 0.3333 and equates near large integers, Ruby is humorously given a “flaws” feature, C adds Lisp‑style leading parentheses for s expressions, and Java gets a chargeable PreGC Spring Java OM SQL garbage annotation; these are presented as proposed features and experimental ideas.

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