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miffi

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Lost programmer

My github has the same username Email: hn at miffi.dev

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miffi··on Rhombus Language 1.0
Shrubbery, Rhombus's first-pass indentation-sensitive syntax, has a syntax form to facilitate copy-paste.

With guillemets, « and », you can make a section of Shrubbery code indentation-insensitive. The idea for copy-paste it to "armor" the section you want to copy with guillemets in the right places, and unarmoring it after posting.

This needs editor support to do fluidly, but imo it's much better than trying to copy-paste the indentation-sensitive syntax.

The Guillemets syntax is described here: <https://docs.racket-lang.org/shrubbery/group-and-block.html#...>

I can't tell from my 5 minutes of poking DrRacket whether it supports this "armoring", I've been writing Shrubbery in nvim, which, unsurprisingly, does not support it.

miffi··on Hundred Rabbits is a small collective exploring the failability of modern tech
The search term is "permacomputing" afaik.

Here's 100r's (specifically xxiivv's) page on the topic https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/permacomputing.html

The first paragraph gives a good overview of the idea:

> Permacomputing encourages the maximization of hardware lifespan, minimization of energy usage and focuses on the use of already available computational resources. It values maintenance and refactoring of systems to keep them efficient, instead of planned obsolescence, permacomputing practices planned longevity. It is about using computation only when it has a strengthening effect on ecosystems.