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Parameter types: Okay, I'm closer to understanding: "T0" means "Type number 0". But I'm still confused by the example:

    func: baz(x y Int z T0) $x + $y + $z;

z is the same type as the 0th type. I get that now.

But what's confusing me is that it looks as if x's type is unspecified. The 'Int' here belongs to y, right? I'm sure I'll slap my forehead when it's explained to me...

Dates: I see what you mean about there not being a "year of the _" semantically. But when formatting a date, I think of it as "year-month-day", not "years-month-day".

You've made excellent progress in 3 weeks! Keep it up!

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Ok, now I get where you're going. x and y share the same type, just like 'int x, y' in C. That's what happens when you try to explain two concepts at the same time, my mistake. You have a point with the years, I'll add an alias for now. That is the goal; I'm kind of depending on people chipping in to be able to keep up the pace though, I had a nice runway set up for xmas but now the pressure is on again.

Param types: Ah, of course. I had a vague suspicion that was what was going on. But my brain was overloaded. Yeah, one concept per example is ideal. :-)

'Year' alias: excellent! That's one of those "look and feel" things that can make the transition to a new language so much smoother.

I was going to add something about "now comes the hard part after the initial flurry of activity: steadily growing the language without losing the passion." But I didn't want to end on a downer. I'm truly impressed with what you have so far.

Agreed, it needs momentum to keep going and that's where I could use some help right now. But it also becomes less of a struggle since I don't have to constantly invent the ground I'm walking on, and since it's now getting to the point where interesting programs are becoming possible. As an example, adding symbol support (https://github.com/basic-gongfu/cixl#symbols) took about 30mins.

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