Scott Fleckenstein nullstyle

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Livescript and the left-pointing arrow

An example of something that livescript brings to the table above and beyond javascript I'd like to show you the <- operator.

As explained in the docs, Backcalls let you "unnest" callbacks, making async code more readable. For example:

#async node.js
err, data <- fs.read-file "1.txt"
console.log data

	Making clean in .
	test -z "test-suite.log .gitignore~ ~" \|\| rm -f test-suite.log .gitignore~ ~
	rm: ~: is a directory
	make[1]: [clean-generic] Error 1 (ignored)
	rm -rf .libs _libs
	test -z "lib/libsoci.a lib/lib3rdparty.a lib/libmedida.a" \|\| rm -f lib/libsoci.a lib/lib3rdparty.a lib/libmedida.a
	rm -f *.o
	rm -f lib/asio/src/*.o
	rm -f lib/http/*.o
	rm -f lib/json/*.o

	var gulp = require('gulp');
	var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
	var _ = require("lodash");

	gulp.task("test", ['db:ensure-created-test'], function() {
	log("running tests here");
	});

	gulp.task("db:ensure-created", function() {
	log("creating db");

	<?php
	$url = "https://test.stellar.org:9002";

	$post_data = array(
	"method" => "create_keys"
	);

	$data_string = json_encode($post_data);
	$ch = curl_init();

	[Service]
	ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run --name=webs.0.service ubuntu /bin/bash -c 'while true; do echo Hello World; sleep 1; done'
	ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker kill webs.0.service

	[Unit]
	After=docker.service
	Description=aedile: webs.0.service
	Requires=docker.service

	require 'rubygems'
	require 'typhoeus'


	Typhoeus::Request.get("http://msn.com") #succeeds
	Typhoeus::Request.post("http://msn.com") #segfault

	# ===========================
	# = Getting an access token =
	# ===========================
	require 'oauth'
	require 'satisfaction'
	satisfaction = Satisfaction.new
	satisfaction.set_consumer "XXXX", "XXXXXXXXX"
	request_token = satisfaction.request_token
	system("open #{satisfaction.authorize_url(request_token)}")
	puts "waiting for you to authorize the token... press return to continue"