Numpy Clone in Common Lisp

Re:Numpy Clone in Common Lisp by vnorilo on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @12:53AM (#19906861)

I think the reason infix feels "nice" is that you can sometimes write dataflows from leafs to roots, whereas with prefix you work from the root up. But then you use a lisp threading macro which lets you do that consistently, with any set of functions/operators.

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Re:Numpy Clone in Common Lisp by antepodius on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @08:47AM (#19908929)

I find I can still go leaf-to root, at least eith my editor (vim with the slimv plugin)- You can press ,W to 'wrap' a lisp expression in another set of parentheses, which means for something like (a + b) * (c + d) You can write the '(+ a b)' first, then wrap it in a (* [...])

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Re:Numpy Clone in Common Lisp by vnorilo on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:27AM (#19909791)

Thanks for bringing up another benefit of s-expressions - paredit and friends!

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