# \#syntax

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## [Help choose the syntax for CSS Nesting](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/help-choose-the-syntax-for-css-nesting/87562)

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**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [17 December 2022 12:29 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/help-choose-the-syntax-for-css-nesting/87562 "2022-12-17T12:29:11Z")

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Help choose the syntax for CSS Nesting. The CSS Working Group is continuing a debate over the best way to define nesting in CSS. Read in full here: This thread was posted by one of our members via one of our news …

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## [Alternative Regex Syntax](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/alternative-regex-syntax/40965)

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**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\
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**Last updated:** [23 February 2022 01:46 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/alternative-regex-syntax/40965 "2022-02-23T01:46:38Z")

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Alternative Regex Syntax · oilshell/oil Wiki. Oil is a new Unix shell. It's our upgrade path from bash to a better language and runtime. It's also for Python and JavaScript users who avoid shell! - Alternative Regex …

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## [Would you choose one language over another language for something as minor as the presence or absence of semicolon?](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/would-you-choose-one-language-over-another-language-for-something-as-minor-as-the-presence-or-absence-of-semicolon/9807)

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**Author:** [@DevotionGeo](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/DevotionGeo)\
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**Last updated:** [1 June 2021 13:48 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/would-you-choose-one-language-over-another-language-for-something-as-minor-as-the-presence-or-absence-of-semicolon/9807 "2021-06-01T13:48:33Z")

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I hate having mandatory semicolons in a language, no matter how beautiful the language is otherwise. What about you?

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## [The syntax thread!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/the-syntax-thread/926)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/AstonJ)\
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**Last updated:** [14 July 2020 18:26 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/the-syntax-thread/926 "2020-07-14T18:26:39Z")

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:smiling\_imp: What is your preferred syntax style and why? Perhaps we can add examples and use the code below as a simple reference point (how would you write it in your chosen language?) but feel free to add additiona…