Spatial languages: Writing code in 2D

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Writing code in 2D: a spatial programming language with vertical operands, quantum uncomputation puzzles, and a 3-bit adder in a single 2D expression.

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a < b All this time we’ve been writing expressions in 1D space, but what happens when we unlock an extra dimension?

Of course the IDE and parser need to play nicely for all this to work. Even then, what’s the point? Well, let’s take a look at these examples below.

For example, in Python (and most other languages), you can and 3+ things at once:

x and y and z Technically, that’s just composing multiple binary functions together.

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