Black holes as syntax, Was: Whitespace as syntax (was Re: Python Rocks!)

[James Logajan]

Wake me when the other thread dies.

Off topic:
By the way, speaking of code blocks, does anyone know of any languages that
use blocks...literally? That is, given the prevalence of GUIs, a development
environment/language where code is contained in rectangles? For example (the
following will need to be viewed using a fixed-width font):

+====================+
| def Func(a, q)     | 
+====================+
| if a == b          |
| +----------------+ |
| | xyzzy = Plunk()| |
| | w = xyzzy + 42 | |
| |                | |
| +----------------+ |
| else               |
| +----------------+ |
| | w = sqrt(-1)   | |
| +----------------+ |
| return q/w         |
+--------------------+

Anyway, hope you get the idea. Many variations on how the boxes should
appear are possible.