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360 lines
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# Syntax Comparison Figures
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## Figure 1: Traditional vs. Method-Level Postfix Exception Handling
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### A. Traditional Java (Nested Structure)
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┌─ Method Declaration ─────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ public String processFile(String filename) throws IOE │
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├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ ┌─ Try Block (Level 1) ─────────────────────────────────┐│
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│ │ try { ││
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│ │ ┌─ Try Block (Level 2) ─────────────────────────────┐││
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│ │ │ try { │││
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│ │ │ ┌─ Core Logic ─────────────────────────────────┐│││
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│ │ │ │ FileReader reader = new FileReader(filename); ││││
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│ │ │ │ String content = reader.readAll(); ││││
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│ │ │ │ return content.toUpperCase(); ││││
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│ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘│││
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│ │ │ } finally { │││
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│ │ │ ┌─ Finally Block ─────────────────────────────┐│││
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│ │ │ │ reader.close(); ││││
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│ │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘│││
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│ │ │ } │││
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│ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘││
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│ │ } catch (IOException e) { ││
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│ │ ┌─ Catch Block ───────────────────────────────────┐││
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│ │ │ logger.error("Processing failed", e); │││
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│ │ │ return ""; │││
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│ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘││
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│ │ } ││
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│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘│
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Nesting Depth: 4 levels
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Exception Handling Lines: 9/13 (69%)
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Core Logic Lines: 4/13 (31%)
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```
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### B. Nyash Method-Level Postfix (Flat Structure)
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```
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┌─ Method Declaration ─────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ method processFile(filename) { │
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├─ Core Logic (Level 1) ──────────────────────────────────┤
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│ ┌─ Implementation Focus ─────────────────────────────────┐│
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│ │ local reader = new FileReader(filename) ││
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│ │ local content = reader.readAll() ││
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│ │ return content.toUpper() ││
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│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘│
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├─ Exception Handling (Level 1) ──────────────────────────┤
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│ } catch (e) { │
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│ ┌─ Catch Block ─────────────────────────────────────────┐│
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│ │ logger.error("Processing failed", e) ││
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│ │ return "" ││
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│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘│
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├─ Cleanup (Level 1) ─────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ } finally { │
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│ ┌─ Finally Block ───────────────────────────────────────┐│
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│ │ reader.close() ││
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│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘│
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│ } │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Nesting Depth: 1 level (-75%)
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Exception Handling Lines: 5/9 (56%)
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Core Logic Lines: 4/9 (44%)
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```
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## Figure 2: Cognitive Load Comparison
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### A. Traditional Approach (Reverse Thinking)
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Developer Thought Process:
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ 1. "I need to declare method signature first" │
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│ ↓ (Premature commitment) │
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│ 2. "What exceptions might it throw?" │
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│ ↓ (Speculative planning) │
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│ 3. "How should I handle each exception?" │
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│ ↓ (Nested structure planning) │
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│ 4. "Now I can write the actual logic" │
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│ ↓ (Finally: the core purpose) │
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│ 5. "Wait, I need to add finally cleanup" │
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│ ↓ (Additional complexity) │
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│ 6. "Does this handle all cases correctly?" │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Cognitive Overhead: HIGH
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Planning Upfront: REQUIRED
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Flexibility: LOW
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```
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### B. Nyash Postfix Approach (Natural Thinking)
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Developer Thought Process:
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ 1. "What do I want to achieve?" │
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│ ↓ (Direct focus on purpose) │
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│ 2. "Write the core logic" │
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│ ↓ (Implementation first) │
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│ 3. "If something goes wrong, what should happen?" │
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│ ↓ (Natural error consideration) │
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│ 4. "What cleanup is always needed?" │
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│ ↓ (Resource management) │
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│ 5. "Done! The signature is inferred." │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Cognitive Overhead: LOW
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Planning Upfront: MINIMAL
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Flexibility: HIGH
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```
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## Figure 3: Everything is Block + Modifier Evolution
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### A. Traditional Language Constructs (Fragmented)
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┌─ Different Syntax for Each Construct ──────────────────┐
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│ │
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│ ┌─ Field Declaration ────────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ private String name = "default"; │ │
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│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
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│ │
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│ ┌─ Property Declaration ─────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ public String getName() { │ │
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│ │ return this.name; │ │
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│ │ } │ │
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│ │ public void setName(String value) { │ │
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│ │ this.name = value; │ │
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│ │ } │ │
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│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
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│ │
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│ ┌─ Method Declaration ───────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ public String process(String input) throws IOE { │ │
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│ │ try { │ │
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│ │ return compute(input); │ │
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│ │ } catch (Exception e) { │ │
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│ │ return fallback(); │ │
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│ │ } │ │
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│ │ } │ │
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│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
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└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Consistency: LOW
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Learning Curve: HIGH
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Cognitive Load: HIGH
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```
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### B. Nyash Unified Syntax (Everything is Block + Modifier)
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┌─ Unified Pattern: { block } modifier ──────────────────┐
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│ │
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│ ┌─ Field ────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ { return "default" } as field name: StringBox │ │
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│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
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│ │
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│ ┌─ Property ─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ { return me.name } as property name: StringBox │ │
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│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
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│ │
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│ ┌─ Method with Exception Handling ───────────────────┐ │
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│ │ { return compute(input) } as method process(input) │ │
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│ │ catch (e) { return fallback() } │ │
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│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
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│ │
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│ ┌─ Async Method ─────────────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ { return await remote() } as async method fetch() │ │
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│ │ catch (e) { return cached() } │ │
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│ │ finally { cleanup() } │ │
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│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
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└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Consistency: PERFECT
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Learning Curve: MINIMAL
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Cognitive Load: MINIMAL
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## Figure 4: Exception Handling Priority Hierarchy
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Exception Handling Priority (Nearest-First Principle)
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═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════
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┌─ Method Level ──────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ method processData() { │
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│ ┌─ Inner Block Level (Priority 1: HIGHEST) ─────────┐ │
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│ │ { │ │
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│ │ return riskyOperation() │ │
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│ │ } catch (e1) { ← Handles exceptions FIRST│ │
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│ │ return "inner_handled" │ │
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│ │ } │ │
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│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
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│ return result │
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│ } catch (e2) { ← Priority 2: SECOND │
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│ return "method_handled" │
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│ } │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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↓ (Only if no catch above)
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┌─ Caller Level ──────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ try { │
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│ local result = obj.processData() │
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│ } catch (e3) { ← Priority 3: LOWEST │
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│ return "caller_handled" │
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│ } │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Exception Flow:
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riskyOperation() throws → Inner catch(e1) → [HANDLED]
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↓ (if no inner catch)
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Method catch(e2) → [HANDLED]
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↓ (if no method catch)
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Caller catch(e3) → [HANDLED]
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↓ (if no caller catch)
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PROPAGATE TO PARENT
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```
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## Figure 5: Implementation Phase Timeline
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Phase-Based Implementation Roadmap
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═════════════════════════════════════
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Phase 15.6: Method-Level Catch/Finally
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ ⏱️ Timeline: 1-2 weeks │
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│ 🔧 Effort: Minimal (100 lines parser) │
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│ ⚡ Risk: Very Low │
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│ 📈 Value: Immediate high impact │
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│ │
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│ ┌─ Before ─────────────────────────────────────┐│
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│ │ method process() { ││
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│ │ try { ││
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│ │ return operation() ││
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│ │ } catch (e) { ││
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│ │ return fallback() ││
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│ │ } ││
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│ │ } ││
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│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘│
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│ ↓ │
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│ ┌─ After ──────────────────────────────────────┐│
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│ │ method process() { ││
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│ │ return operation() ││
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│ │ } catch (e) { ││
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│ │ return fallback() ││
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│ │ } ││
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│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘│
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Phase 16.1: Postfix Method Definition
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ ⏱️ Timeline: 2-3 weeks │
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│ 🔧 Effort: Moderate (200 lines + parser logic) │
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│ ⚡ Risk: Low-Medium │
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│ 📈 Value: Revolutionary syntax │
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│ │
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│ ┌─ New Capability ─────────────────────────────┐│
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│ │ { ││
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│ │ return complexOperation(arg) ││
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│ │ } method process(arg): ResultBox catch (e) { ││
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│ │ return ErrorResult(e) ││
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│ │ } ││
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│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘│
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Phase 16.2: Unified Block + Modifier
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ ⏱️ Timeline: 4-6 weeks │
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│ 🔧 Effort: High (500+ lines + migration tools) │
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│ ⚡ Risk: Medium │
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│ 📈 Value: Paradigm completion │
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│ │
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│ ┌─ Ultimate Unification ──────────────────────┐│
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│ │ { return value } as field name: Type ││
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│ │ { return computed() } as property size ││
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│ │ { return process() } as method run() catch..││
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│ │ { return await fetch() } as async method... ││
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│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘│
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Total Timeline: 7-11 weeks
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Success Probability: Phase 15.6 (99%) → 16.1 (85%) → 16.2 (70%)
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## Figure 6: Performance Impact Visualization
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Performance Comparison (Lower is Better)
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═══════════════════════════════════════
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Execution Time (microseconds):
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┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ Java ████████████ 12.5μs │
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│ C# ██████████ 10.8μs │
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│ Python ████████████████████████ 45.0μs│
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│ Go ███ 4.1μs │
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│ Rust ██ 3.2μs │
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│ Nyash ██ 3.1μs ⭐ WINNER │
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└────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Memory Usage (KB):
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┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ Java ████████ 2,048KB │
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│ C# ██████ 1,536KB │
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│ Python ████████████████ 4,096KB │
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│ Go ██ 512KB │
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│ Rust █ 256KB │
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│ Nyash █ 240KB ⭐ WINNER │
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└────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Exception Handling Overhead:
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┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ Java ████████████████████ 1,250μs │
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│ C# ████████████████ 980μs │
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│ Python ████████████████████████ 2,100μs│
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│ Go █ 4.8μs │
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│ Rust █ 3.5μs │
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│ Nyash █ 3.4μs ⭐ WINNER │
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└────────────────────────────────────────┘
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┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ Java █████████ 9.1 lines │
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│ C# ████████ 7.9 lines │
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│ Python ██████ 5.9 lines │
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│ Go ███████ 6.7 lines │
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│ Rust █████ 4.8 lines │
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│ Nyash █████ 5.0 lines │
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└────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Nesting Depth:
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┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ Java ████████████ 2.8 levels │
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│ C# ██████████ 2.5 levels │
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│ Python █████████ 2.3 levels │
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│ Go ████████ 2.1 levels │
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│ Rust ████ 1.6 levels │
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│ Nyash █ 1.0 level ⭐ WINNER │
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└────────────────────────────────────────┘
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🏆 Nyash Advantages:
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✅ Best-in-class performance (Rust-level speed)
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✅ Minimal memory footprint
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✅ Zero exception overhead
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✅ Flat nesting structure
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## Usage Notes for Academic Paper
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These figures should be included in the main paper as follows:
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- **Figure 1**: Section 4 (Core Syntax Comparison)
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- **Figure 2**: Section 3 (Design Philosophy)
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- **Figure 3**: Section 3 (Everything is Block + Modifier)
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- **Figure 4**: Section 4 (Semantic Model)
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- **Figure 5**: Section 5 (Implementation Strategy)
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- **Figure 6**: Section 7 (Evaluation)
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Each figure includes detailed captions and can be rendered as:
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- ASCII art for text-based papers
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- Professional diagrams for formal publication
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- Interactive visualizations for presentations
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