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		V-2 on Oct 11, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zolang – A programming language for sharing code b... `make i be i plus 1` What's with the verbosity?

valdirun on Oct 11, 2018 [–]

you can do

make i be (i + 1) * (a / b)

as well as

make i be (i + 1) times (a over b)

make i be (i + 1) times (a divided by b)

The choice is yours :)

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