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[spec] comments on the proposed gemini spec revisions

Oliver Simmons oliversimmo at gmail.com

Wed Oct 13 23:26:42 BST 2021

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On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 at 22:40, Omar Polo <op at omarpolo.com> wrote:

Oliver Simmons <oliversimmo at gmail.com> writes:

very annoying and **slower** in most cases.

I was contradicting that.

Oops, my bad.

The way I understand your message, I would have to use an else-if

list, which is hardly ideal.

This depends on the language design. Some languages allows expression

inside switches, like Go IIRC, so you could write

[…]

Interesting.I don't have a clue how this would work internally, but I imagine it'dbe less optimised than equality.Although what you mentioned about string equality has me doubtingthat's well optimised either… this is getting waay off topic :P

I don't think taking into account the particularities of one specific

programming language is a wise choice for a markup language meant to be

written by humans for humans.

I'd've hoped I wasn't taking a too narrow viewpoint with my languageexperience (Py3, C# & a little Go).C# is used here as I've got a basic Gemini client made in it, andthat's in C# as I have to use it for my education :p

Gemini doesn't have inline formatting, so why bother trying to support it?

This is not about inline-formatting, using emphasis in text /like/*this* has been a thing since before I breathed.

(I've used some *emphasis* on some pages too, but more I write and more

I think I shouldn't, it's easier to read without too much noise. That's

my opinion, at least.)

I find it useful in moderation, I'm not the best at conveying what Imean so it helps.

-Oliver Simmons (GoodClover)