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LOLCODE spec: IT is "not used" but the spec text relies on it #155

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Found while marking the LOLCODE assignment (Fall 2026, 36 submissions). The quoted text is from lolcode/ and info/ on master.

impl/clarifications.rst (no-it) says IT is not used; spec/statements.rst still says "The LOLCODE keyword for switches is WTF?. The WTF? operates on IT", and O RLY? branches on a comparison that is a separate statement. Students invented hidden IT variables, attached O RLY? to the previous statement after parsing, or required a comma.

Proposed fix: define <expr>, O RLY? and <expr>, WTF? (comma or newline) as single constructs whose condition is that expression, and remove the IT wording.

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