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Haml, Sass, Compass (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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The Importance of a CSS-Aware Syntax for Hamill

Chris: We'll have two separate syntaxes. One of which is a superset of CSS and one of which is white space aware. The reason for that is that there are some serious problems with ambiguities once you start having a syntax that's supposed to be both white space aware and completely compatible with a non-white space aware syntax. So whenever possible, I try to let things be implemented as helpers. Making small behavior changes when they make sense. It's pretty critical. Chris: Nathan and I are both pretty obsessive about our user support habits. And I think it's important to respond quickly.

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