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Re:What Made Lisp Different (2002) by guicho271828 on Sunday February 18, 2018 @02:57PM (#16408008)
Common Lisp has readtables, so technically Lisp has been already syntax-independent. You can switch between ()s and []s, for example.
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Re:What Made Lisp Different (2002) by agumonkey on Sunday February 18, 2018 @04:21PM (#16408760)
Some people had fun with these, having xml, json and the like as a local DSL. One made "lib" .. for years, few people know about.
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