Ep 050: Parentheses! Parentheses! Parentheses!

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This week, our topic is: "Parentheses! Parentheses! Parentheses!" We defend the lowly parentheses, and discuss the benefits of having this stalwart shepherd dutifully organizing our code.

Selected quotes:

• "I'm converting my visual cues into audio information."
• "Parentheses are like dust bunnies that have stacked up over time."
• "Pounds of parentheses."
• "The parenthesis is greatly misunderstood."
• "Parentheses make the grammar of the language incredibly simple."
• "I've never seen that in math, at least not in normal math."
• "If you have 15 close parentheses, you might have to do some refactoring."
• "Parentheses are the hugs your program needs."
• "Peace, Love, Parentheses."