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A comment on The Lisp Curse (2011). Parent comment

Re:The Lisp Curse (2011) by lispm on Saturday February 27, 2016 @06:06AM (#11186778) 

    (if (> x 2)
        (do-this when-true)
      (also-do-this when-true))
In some other language:

    x > 2 ? doThis(whenTrue) : alsoDoThisWhenTrue();
Same problem. Maybe even slightly worse. For example it could be:

    x > 2 ? doThis(whenTrue) ; alsoDoThisWhenTrue();
To spot the difference between a colon and the semicolon: tough.
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