Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Joe Groff @joe@f.duriansoftware.com

11/28/2025, 8:03:47 PM

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@dotstdyJosh Simmons @zwarich I would like to see the “conditional bindings are definitely used downstream of their conditions” and “all cases in this state space are handled by this condition tree” properties of a pattern match, but with the flexibility of ad hoc conditional expressions

Tony Finch @fanf@mendeddrum.org

11/29/2025, 12:55:31 AM

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@joeJoe Groff @dotstdyJosh Simmons @zwarich yeah i sketched a simplified UCS along those lines a few months ago which i called (tongue in cheek) the penultimate conditional syntax https://dotat.at/@/2025-05-13-if-is.html

definitely not the last word on the matter, in particular it needs less noisy punctuation

the penultimate conditional syntax – Tony Finch

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