Re:An Intuition for Lisp Syntax
by wtetzner on Monday October 26, 2020 @09:29AM
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I have experience with tons of languages, lisps and non-lisps.
I don't really get this argument. It's not any harder to read `(if foo` than it is to read `if (foo)`. It's purely a matter of what you've gotten used. I don't think it's an objective measure, it's purely about what you've already trained your brain to pattern-match on.
> and has much more focus on text over symbols than other languages
Funny how you get the exact opposite complaint about languages like Perl.
I don't really get this argument. It's not any harder to read `(if foo` than it is to read `if (foo)`. It's purely a matter of what you've gotten used. I don't think it's an objective measure, it's purely about what you've already trained your brain to pattern-match on.
> and has much more focus on text over symbols than other languages
Funny how you get the exact opposite complaint about languages like Perl.