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Syntactic sugar

In computer science, syntactic sugar is syntax within a programming language that is designed to make things easier to read or to express. It makes the language "sweeter" for human use: things can be expressed more clearly, more concisely, or in an alternative style that some may prefer. Syntactic sugar is usually a shorthand for a common operation that…

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Syntactic sugar

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related to Notable examples · 35
Syntactic sugar → Additionally, An, C23, ES6, Extension, For, In, In COBOL, In Haskell, In Java, In JavaScript, In Perl, In Python, In Rust, In Scala, In SQL, JavaScript, JButtonusing, JOIN, Likewise
related to Criticism · 9
Syntactic sugar → Alan Perlis, Epigrams, For, Lisp, Notably, Programming, Some, Syntactic, This
related to Origins · 9
Syntactic sugar → ALGOL-like, CLU, Landin, Later, ML, Peter, Scheme, The, This
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Syntactic sugar → cancer of the semi-colons

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Syntactic sugarrelated to Notable examplesIn COBOL0.60section
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