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  "path": "/t/rfc-sibyl-time-series-analysis-in-haskell/13823#post_13",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-19T20:15:19.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Hey @jackdk I introduced it to dataframe. Initially I had co-workers use the library and they all irrationally hated `&` (and a lot of the symbols in general e.g. `$`) - when I started pointing out these symmetries they were a little turned off by the pedantry. Might be that I’m a bad spokesperson for this but in the name of putting down one less hurdle I made the synonym. Strangely people don’t take issue with other parts of the syntax - symbols are just a really big thing for the users I’ve worked with. Few have eventually reverted to the `&` but a bunch still feel like it looks too much like short circuiting conjunction.\n\nAfter we moved to that pipe loooking operator the pipeline looked “more approachable” too e.g from the data science discord\n\nSo it was a matter of - what hill do I wanna die on in the name of user acquisition.\n\nThat said, the warning sounds like a good idea.",
  "title": "[RFC] Sibyl: Time Series Analysis in Haskell"
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